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2024-10-29 19:42:56I promised." I broke away from him, ran my hand over his stubbly cheek. The blond shadow of the beard was barely visible, but the dark circles under the eyes emerged very clearly. And also the pale skin color. He wasn't doing well, but I couldn't tell if it was because he had just stabbed his pet because I didn't like it, or the injury and the medication. But I knew one thing very well. "You belong in bed."
"I've been in bed all morning." His hand also came to rest on my cheek, the hand with which he had just stabbed so coldly.
I had to pull myself together hard not to shrink from it. “And with good reason. Come on, we'll put you under the covers again. "
He chewed his lips briefly, looking in my eyes for an answer whose question I didn't know. "Will you stay with me?"
That was probably the first real smile he got from me today. "Naturally. That's why I'm here, right? I lie down with you. "
"OK."
Since he didn't move, I took his hand a
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I ignored him and reached into the basket again, but before I could even touch the laundry, he had roughly grabbed my arm and pushed me towards the kitchen door. I stumbled and didn't fall because I could catch myself on the sofa. I hit my leg in the process, but the pain in my arm was much worse. Reese had hit the exact same spot where Nick grabbed me yesterday morning. There was a bruise on my skin there and it fucking hurt when he pressed there."And now finally get out of here and don't be seen here anymore!"I didn't think I was as angry with another person as I was at this moment in my life. No matter what kind of problems he had, it didn't give him the right to talk to me like that and that's why there was only one thing I could say back. "No."Reese blinked once, as if he couldn't believe what I'd just said of myself. "What did you say?""I said no. Nick wants me here and I won't go until he demands it. ”I straightened up and glared at him.
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