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My entire life is one big shitshow.
It’s a wonder I’m still alive.
If Jude hadn’t showed up, hadn’t forgiven me and spared me…
As if he can sense I’m thinking about him, Jude nuzzles his face against my cheek.
The sweetness, the tenderness, makes me choke on guilt.
He almost died because of my brainless choices.
And now he’s taken Abel and me into his home, promising to protect us.
He even stood up for me against his own family.
What would he have done if his family had tried to hurt me?
I don’t even want to imagine that awful situation.
At the very least, he would be estranged from them.
All because of me.
I’ve never had a real family and I almost cost him his.
It makes me sick to the bottom of my stomach.
Jude deserves better than me, but I know he’s too…unreasonableto realize that.
The last thing we need to be doing is having a child together.
If I really want to pay him back for everything he’s done for me, I think as sleep finally settles over me.
I need to find a way to escape before he gets me pregnant.
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Eden
A big, warm hand strokes up my thigh and settles on my hip, luring me out of the comfort of my dreams.
Dreams of being wrapped up in a soft, fluffy cloud and floating aimlessly.
As fingers wrap around me and squeeze possessively, I suck in a breath.
The smell of clean linen fills my nose and my thoughts begin to stir.
Questions tickle at the edge of my consciousness.
But I shove them away.
I’m not ready to fully wake up yet and face them.
I want to stay here.
Where it’s quiet.
Where it’s safe.
