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“May I come in?” Ajax heard the knock at the door and groaned.
“Is it a bad time?” she spoke again, and Ajax felt his heart couldn’t take it anymore. He wanted quiet. He wanted to be alone. But the more he tried to push everyone away, the more they pushed back. The more they tried to make him dance to their tune. The more they galled him to the bones.
But Noemie Rochester was the only person who could try to annoy him to her uttermost will, and he wouldn’t have the heart to drive her away. He didn’t want to push her away. If anything, he wished to keep her close. Closer. All for himself. Could he? Absolutely f*****g not!
And that only made everything else even worse.
After Linda passed away three months ago, he tried to be strong.
Not because he had any desire to, but becaus
