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She blinks as if she’s trying to blink away tears.

“I don’t want to put all this on you. It’s not your responsibility,” I murmur, taking her hand in mine and kissing the top of it. “But I want you to know I want to try. Even if things don’t work out between us, I think we owe it to each other to at least try. I think we could make each other happy, Liv.”

She closes her eyes and leans her head back.

“You don’t have to give me any sort of answer now,” I say softly. “Like I said, whatever pace you want, I’ll be happy with and you don’t even have to set it now.”

“O—okay,” She says, looking down at me.

When I smile and she smiles back, it makes my heart soar in my chest.

“You’re gorgeous when you smile, you know,” I say, reaching up to brush some of her fiery red hair away from her face.

A blush covers her cheeks. “I—I—”

“Come on, just take the compliment,” I tease softly. “It’s true and I’d be lying if I said anything different.”

“Thanks,” She says.

“You look absolutely exhausted,” I say, squeezing her hand. “How about you take a nap? I’ll go out and grab your meds from the pharmacy and get some takeout for later. We’ll save all the shopping for when you feel better.”

“What about Summer?”

“I think she’ll be fine,” I say, cupping the side of her face. “And if she isn’t, I’ll take care of it. It’s your turn to relax, okay?”

“O—okay.”

I stand, leaning down slowly, giving her plenty of time to push me away or tell me to stop before I kiss her forehead.

“There’s a bathroom right there,” I say, nodding to the side of the room. “If you wanna get cleaned up before you lay down.”

“I—I think I will,” She says with a nod, her eyes a little dazed.

I think the chaos of everything is starting to sink in for her. I’m going to give her some space.

“You go take care of yourself, I’ll leave some clothes for you to change into.”

“Thanks,” She murmurs, standing.

When the door to the bathroom shuts, I stand and head to my own room across the hall. I pull out one of my old t-shirts with a smirk. I’m definitely giving this to her selfishly cause I want to see her in my T-shirt. I grab a pair of my boxers for her to use too.

I go back into her bedroom and set them on the bed.

I take a moment to breathe in her mango scent in my home. I could get used to this.

I wasn’t lying to her when I told her I’m afraid too. She’s everything I never thought I could have in my life and if she wants to walk away, there’s nothing I can do to keep her. I just have to hope she’s strong enough not to run away from everything.

I wouldn’t blame her, even if she did. I’d be absolutely shocked if the scars from her past didn’t run deep.

Whether or not she wants to keep me in her life or not, I’ll make sure her and Summer are set up. The money will be doing more good with them than it will with me and with the way I live, I have a stupid amount of money that’s kind of just sitting there.

That’s the least I can do for them. They both deserve to be happy.

CHAPTER 9

OLIVIA

Ifreeze when I close the door to the bathroom behind me. Holy shit, I’ve never been in a bathroom this fucking fancy.

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