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Daniel shook his head. “No, he didn’t.”
“That’s all I needed to know.”
She left, going to her own desk, and placing the letters into the necessary envelopes. It was good to finally get that off her chest, and to admit to Daniel that she knew.
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“If you’re giving them food to help survive, why are we helping?” Slade asked.
“We made a bargain, and you’re going to live up to your end, and I’ll live up to mine.” Cassie placed the box on the floor inside Jessica and William’s new home. It was big, and the kids were already somewhere, screaming and laughing.
Slade placed his box on the floor, and caught his woman into his arms. Gripping the cheeks of her ass, he nuzzled her neck.
“We don’t want one of the kids to see.”
“Is putting your ass on the line worth it?” he asked.
She chuckled. “I asked you for help, and you told me it would cost me anal.” She pulled away, and cupped his cheeks. She pressed a kiss to his lips. “I thought it was a good price.”
She kissed him again, and then left.
Slade watched her ass in the knee length shorts she wore. He wanted to take her home and have his way with her, but he had agreed to help her friends move. He didn’t want to be lugging shit about, but he was finding his life a lot more fun being around Cassie.
“I really appreciate you helping us out,” Jessica said. “It has taken us a long time to find this place.”
“I’m always happy to help.” He went to leave the room, but Jessica’s next words had him stopping.
“Are you playing her?”
He turned toward Jessica, shocked by her outburst. “I’m not playing her.” He wasn’t even going to pretend that he didn’t know what she was talking about.
She laughed. “William told me to stay out of it. Cassie could live her life the way she wanted, and I had to accept that. She’s my best friend. I saw her get hurt by that fucker, and I don’t want to see her fall for you.”
“I’m not going to hurt her.”
“You think you’re not going to, and that in itself tells me you’re a fucking idiot.” Jessica put her hands on her hips. “Do you even realize that you’re the only guy she has been with since Andrew? Since she was eighteen? There hasn’t been anyone else in her life. You are both acting like this is just some fun. That you’ll move on, and still be friends, but you won’t be. What happens when she finds someone else? What happens if you get bored? What if you’re already in love with each other, and you’re pretending that it’s not the case?”
Just the thought of Cassie being with anyone else made his gut twist. No one else deserved her.
“I don’t know.” There were no words that he could give, as he didn’t know the answer to that.
“I hate this. It’s like I can see this going two different ways,” Jessica said.
“What ways do you see?” She was Cassie’s friend, and he was giving her the respect to voice her opinion.
“You’re either going to both fall in love, and live a happy life.”
“Or?”
“Or you’re going to break each other’s hearts. I know that if this fucks up, Cassie’s never going to be the same again.”
Silence fell between them. He didn’t say anything especially as Cassie and William came in at that moment.
He smiled, and pretended that Jessica hadn’t just made him think of all the shit he’d been trying to avoid.
There was no way he could think or even deal with Cassie being with anyone else, or falling for someone else. She had cancelled and removed her picture from two dating sites, and never went with Greg again. He knew, deep down, that for as much fun as they were having, it wouldn’t be a forever thing. Cassie was a good woman, and she deserved someone who was going to love her for her.
What he couldn’t do was let her go.
