Phoenix Club 14 Maxwell 2 Trial By Fire C.J. Bishop

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. And right then.at that moment. He shook his head, cryingharder. You didn t love me anymore.Cole s heart fell to pieces; Gabe hadn t told him this before, hadn t confessed to how much hewas hurting inside over everything that had happened.They hadn t really had a chance to talk aboutall that had happened, and maybe to be honest, they had been deliberately avoiding opening thatwound any wider when it was still so fresh and sore.But how could Gabe suffer blame? He hadnearly died trying to protect the ones he loved. No, Cole kissed him hard, his heart crushing. No,baby, I never stopped loving you.Not for a second.It wasn t your fault.If either of us is guilty ofanything, it s me, Gabe.Not you.I m the one who cheated on us, not you, baby.Not you.Pulling back a little, Gabe kissed his mouth, his lips trembling. You didn t cheat on us. Neither did you, Cole choked and kissed him back. I never stopped loving you.I didn t.Iswear, I didn t. Gabe hugged him again, so tight.Cole closed his eyes and held the man as they bothtrembled beneath the residue of their pain. We re okay, Gabe.We are.All of this hurt.it will goaway.I ll make it go away, I promise, baby.Nothing nothing will ever tear us apart again. Hesqueezed Gabe hard and pressed his lips firmly to his ear. I swear to God it won t.***Since that first time alone with Abel on Horatio Kaplan s plane, every second spent in the youngman s presence had been heaven.With every passing moment, Devlin had felt their love growingstronger, their bond tighter.So it naturally frightened him when tension seemed to settle over thebedroom once he and Abel stepped into the room and closed the door and were truly alone for thefirst time since the trial had started that morning.Abel didn t speak as he sat down on the edge of the bed, his eyes blank as he slowly removed hisshoes.Devlin didn t have to ask to know that every word Tate had said in the courtroom that day wasrepeating inside Abel s head now.Did he think that Tate had somehow planted a seed of doubt inDevlin s heart? And that Devlin was now, possibly, considering that maybe Tate s proposed scenariowas the real truth? That it was Abel and not Craig who had instigated the events at the orphanage?But none of that was true.Devlin knew bullshit when he smelled it.And he and Abel had gonethrough enough hell trying to get to where they were now he d be damned if he would let thatmotherfucker tear apart everything they had gained through blood, sweat and tears.Devlin walked to the bed, knelt before Abel and slowly removed his socks.The boy stared at thefloor, a shimmer to his eyes. If you let that fucker in your head, baby, Devlin said softly, then he salready won. Devlin rubbed his hands up Abel s legs and gently gripped his thighs.Abel didn treply, his stare unfocused. Abel.Baby, look at me.His throat working as he tried to swallow, Abel lifted his eyes.The fear reflecting back blastedthrough Devlin s heart.The boy was terrified that Devlin might doubt the truth of what happened.Hewas scared and heartbroken that maybe some part of Savannah believed Tate s theory that Abel hadonly been concerned about himself.Devlin cupped Abel s face.The boy s cheeks were flushed and heated his palms.He slid histhumbs gently across Abel s eyes, wiping away the tears before they fell. I love you, Abel, he saidsoftly and brushed his lips over the boy s mouth. Savannah loves you.Neither of us are so weakminded that we re going to buy into all that bullshit.You protected Savannah all her life.And somecarefully chosen and twisted words by that asshole isn t going to unravel that reality.And me, hesmiled warmly and kissed him tenderly. Please give me some credit, baby.You andSavannah.you re my whole world.No one is going to take that away from me.And tomorrow, thatbastard can spin all the theories and stories he wants, but I m not going to play his fucking games.Iknow what is. He caressed Abel s cheeks with his thumbs. And in the words of our ever wiseCole.no piss-ant prosecutor is going to take us down.Abel sniffed and swallowed hard as his tongue slid slowly over his lower lip. You re like adream, Abel whispered unsteadily [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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