chapter 6
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MY THUG LOVER
Ava stood outside her apartment, staring at the door.
Her fingers trembled around her keys.
“I can't go in.”
Jace looked at her.
“You don't have to.”
His voice was unusually gentle.
He opened the door and stepped inside first.
Ava waited in the hallway, fighting the panic rising in her chest.
Then she heard him call her name.
“Ava.”
She rushed inside.
Jace was standing in her bedroom.
The window was open.
The curtains moved in the cold wind.
Ava's breath caught.
“I locked that.”
Jace examined the window frame.
“They forced it.”
Her knees suddenly weakened.
Jace caught her before she fell.
“Easy.”
Ava gripped his arm.
“Someone was in my room.”
“I know.”
“I was sleeping in there.”
“I know.”
Her eyes filled with tears.
“What if they had hurt me?”
Jace's jaw tightened.
“They didn't.”
“But they could have.”
He looked at her, and something dark flashed across his face.
“They won't get another chance.”
Ava's phone suddenly buzzed.
Unknown number.
A photograph appeared.
It was Ava sleeping.
The timestamp was from last night.
She covered her mouth, fighting a sob.
Jace took the phone from her.
Another message appeared.
“You trusted him once. Don't make the same mistake twice.”
Jace went completely still.
Ava noticed.
“What does that mean?”
He didn't answer.
“Jace?”
His eyes met hers.
For the first time, Ava saw something that frightened her more than the photograph.
Guilt.
“Tell me the truth,” she whispered.
Jace looked away.
“I can't.”
Her heart sank.
“Then maybe I was wrong to trust you.”
Jace's eyes snapped back to hers.
And for the first time, he looked genuinely afraid of losing her.
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