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hat it stopped the blood in my veins. Apologize for interrupting them. For s

on her lips. I looked at Karter, at the cold impatience in his eyes.

f my stomach. It burned away the shock, the nausea, th

o pick up the s

y head, my spine straighte

eing in my eyes was gone. In it

ile curved my lips. "

idened. She thought

pologize for the three years of my life I wasted on a piece of trash like you

ach word was a perfectly

yed to thunderous. Bridgette

snarled, his Alpha dominance flaring, a p

ake," I continued, my voice dangerously calm. "I apologize t

employee badge from my shirt, and threw it to the floor.

iating every syllable. "I, C

he woman clinging to him. "Not just

mess on the floor, I turned

you get

like a vice clamped down on my upper arm, yanking me off balance. He dragged me in

es from mine. His eyes were blazing with fury, but underneath it, I sa

nce," he spat, his voice low and vicious. "W

was the f

knocking the last bit of air from my lungs. It wasn't j

hysterical sound. Tears pricked the back o

hed my arm from his grasp. "You are so, so right. I

ye, my own gaze clear and stea

flat, emotionless tone

look that encompassed everything-all the love I had felt,

ed, and I w

ng the curious stares and hushed whispers. I wal

had touched him. A hollow, aching void opened up in his chest. Wit

rms around his waist from behind. "Karter, don

amiliar turmoil. He turned, wrapped an arm around Bridg

us host once more. He raised his glass,

as too tight, and his eyes kept s