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Everything he said made sense. Still, she’d be naïve to forget again that Ryske was a con man.
Even if she wanted to, Harlow didn’t know if she could believe his explanations. “Did you wait for me to pay your buy-in?” she asked. His eyes were drowsy when they rose to hers. “Is that why you came back? Because I did what you needed me to do? You know what the sad thing is? If you’d asked me, I’d have found a way to get you anything you needed.”
“Baby, I didn’t know. The s**t I’ve learned this week…” One of his hands loosened from hers and he swatted her a*s hard, making her mouth open in shock. “I should lock you up for your own safety. My girl should never go out there and put herself in danger, especially not without backup.”
“I thought you were dead,” she said, watching her fingers
