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Nicole pressed her back to the door and tried to pull in a breath. Everything she thought she knew was upside down, again. And it was all because of Rocky.
He wasn’t supposed to say things like he loved her. He was supposed to pretend he cared about Sly and then disappear like everyone else in her life. Not that she wanted her son hurt, but that was what Nicole knew. It was what she expected. It was easy for her to understand a man, hell a person, that she couldn’t count on. Having someone who kept insisting he was sticking around was more than she could handle.
Especially if he meant it.
She tried to tell herself he wasn’t telling the truth. Maybe he thought he loved them or maybe he wanted to love them, but time and again, Rocky showed her that he was there. His friends were well
