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  “Do you love me?” I blurted out, allowing Fox to roll me over to my belly so that he could apply some of that healing balm to my ass.

  “I don’t know, lamb… I just know that what I’m feeling is unlike anything else I’ve ever felt before… so if it’s love, then it is… If it isn’t, then I don’t know what it is.” I smiled into the sheets. None of this was what I wanted, but it also wasn’t something I was sure I could give up. When a man like Fox came into your life, worshipping you and stealing your breath, you didn’t just give him up.

  But I needed my mother… I needed to help her get better, and staying here with Fox was a selfish move. Even if I loved Fox, even if I craved him more than I had anything in my life, I couldn’t sacrifice it all for him.

  “I feel the same, Fox…” I whispered into the sheets, tears threatening to spill from my eyes. I had finally found love, only to give it up for something far greater.

  My family.

  Chapter Eleven

  Fox

  I left a check for a million dollars on the nightstand the next night. I didn’t know what the future held between us, but I did know that I wanted to make things right for her. Raven had given me a piece of herself that she hadn’t anyone else.

  I was rough, dark, and one of the biggest assholes ever, but even I knew compassion and sacrifice when I saw it. I held my head in my hands, looking at the mattress where we had shared such an intimate moment no more than forty-eight hours ago. It shouldn’t be a fucking shock to me that she was gone. It really shouldn’t but she was and as badly as I wanted to chase her ass down and spank her for running, I knew that I couldn’t.

  She was never mine to keep. She belonged to no one but herself, and just like that butterfly, she had the right to be free.

  “We must’ve scared her off with how intense we were…” Seth walked in joking. I was so aggravated and upset about the situation with Raven that I didn’t even care to interact with Seth right now.

  “That’s not it, asswipe…” I ground my teeth together. My heart ached in my chest. I hadn’t felt this kind of pain since my mother died.

  “I was joking, okay…” Seth’s hand landed against my shoulder and I shrugged it off. I didn’t want his sympathy.

  “No, it’s not okay,” I bellowed, not wanting to admit to anyone the feelings that I was feeling for Raven.

  “It’s okay, Fox. If she was the one she would’ve stayed, and who knows, maybe she will be back… But for now her mother needs her…” Seth’s words broke through my mind, reminding me of how selfish it was for me to keep her here with me. She had the chance to save her mother, unlike me.

  I should let her go and do what she needed to do. I should be able to set her free, and maybe I had… Maybe it wasn’t her that was still stuck here. Maybe it was me. Seth walked over to the bedroom, something was off about him right now, something I hadn’t noticed when he first walked in.

  “What did you come in here for?” I met his dark stare as he paused right inside the door.

  “I just wanted to tell you that I gave her a million on top of the money you gave her. I wanted to make sure that she could take care of her mom. We may not have been able to save ours, but we can save hers.” I squeezed my eyes shut. That was the thing about Seth, you never knew if he was going to do something good or something bad.

  “Good. She should be able to survive without us for a while then.” I hated saying it but the truth was… I needed to let her go. I needed to let her be free. Still, I knew that I never would be able to fully release her memory until she no longer resided in my heart, and that would never happen.

  To Be Continued

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