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Jenny shook her head.“I’m not sure why, but now that you have, can you please leave?”

“I don’t want to leave you alone.”

She tried to laugh.“It’s all I’ve ever known.”

“As I said before, you can learn something different.”

“I will think about it.Just not right now.”

She didn’t think she could handle anything more at that moment.

Chapter Thirteen

Kaden studied her expression.He could plainly see the turmoil she was going through and the wall she was trying to build between them, but he wasn't going to let that happen.He came to the conclusion that his feelings for her were never going away and only got deeper as time passed, so he decided to stop fighting them.He wrapped his arms around her and then set his chin on the top of her head.

“I’m going to hold you while you cry.”

Jenny shook her head and tried to push him away again.“I don’t want you here.”

“I know.It’s because you’ve never had someone support you or be there for you when you were down.I want to be that person for you.”

He looked at her and almost smiled at the stunned look on her face.

“But...”

He shook his head.“Don’t say I don’t like you because I do.That first moment I laid eyes on you standing in front of me made me hungry for things I never thought I'd want again.”

“Like what?”

“Like a relationship with a woman.”

“You’re talking like us ...dating?”

He snorted.“Quit sounding so surprised.I am a man, and you’re a woman, and we are both attracted to each other.I’m not going to fight it anymore.”

“Why have you fought it?”

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