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I watched his feet as he walked backward away from me. He reached the door, paused. I shut my eyes so I wouldn't risk looking at him. I might break again if I looked at him.

I'm doing this for him, after all.

“This isn't over, Lindsey."

"Fuck you," I whispered, barely managing that much. "I hate you. Leave me alone."

If this was a Disney movie, he'd be the wild wolf that followed me across the wilderness and protected me from other wolves and I'd be the plucky heroine throwing sticks at him to make him go back to his pack, yelling at him through my tears, but only because I loved him, and when you love someone, sometimes it means letting them go.

Alas, I'm no Disney heroine, just a stupid whore with a broken heart. Dane did remind me of a wolf, though. The shaggy brown hair, the deep brown eyes. Dangerous. Wild. Unpredictable.

I heard the door open, and my stupid whore eyes slid open.

Damn me, he was beautiful. So fucking beautiful. So kind. So funny. So sexy.

Such a lovely penis.

I really must be stupid, running him off like this.

It's for his own good, though.

Stupid whores don't deserve love.

He stood in the doorway gazing at me. His liquid brown eyes were soft and warm and full of sentiment. Affection. Understanding.

"I love you, Lindsey Snelling."

Click.

He closed the door and was gone, after dropping that nuclear bomb in my lap.

I collapsed to the floor, sobbing.

I miss Rune.

I hate my life.

I hate Dane Badd.

I hate everything.

Fuck.

CHAPTER 6

Dane

Istared out the window of the jet, watching clouds scud past thousands of feet below, heart aching, mind blank.

The trip to the airport had passed in a hazy blur. I don't know how long I sat in the lounge, waiting for my flight. I don't remember boarding.

And then I was jolted as we landed. I barely saw my surroundings as I boarded the ferry from the airport to the mainland.

"Dane, over here."

I turned in place, looking for the voice—Jax. "Did I text you?"

He clapped me on the back, guiding me toward his Li'l Red express. "Nope. Been keeping an eye on your location."

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