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Chapter 10: Leaving Easy
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THE ALPHA’S BROKEN MATE Chapter 10: Leaving Easy
AthenaDami cried.I hadn’t expected that. Dami was twenty two and sharp-mouthed and acted like nothing touched her, and she stood in the middle of the emptied shop with her arms folded and tears running down her face like she wasn’t even aware they were happening.“Stop it.” I said.“I’m not doing anything.” She wiped her face with her sleeve.“You’re crying.”“I have allergies.”“Dami.”She made a sound somewhere between a laugh and a sob and looked away, jaw working. “You built this place from nothing. You know that right. You came here with Chase and a duffel bag and you built this from actual nothing and now you’re just—” she gestured at the bare walls, the covered equipment, the boxes stacked by the door.“I’ll be back.” I said.She looked at me.“I mean it. The shop isn’t closing, you’re running it, everything stays, I’ll be back when I can.” I had spent the better part of yesterday sorting out the paperwork for it. The shop stayed in my name. Dami ran operations. I was not lea
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Of all the things my daughter could have said.Of all the moments for her mouth to work faster than her brain.“Amara.” My voice came out steady, which was a miracle considering my heart was doing something violent inside my chest. “Go back to Dami.”“But I’m hungry—”“I’ll get you something in a minute. Go.”She looked between me and him one more time, those silver eyes — his eyes, god, his eyes — narrowing slightly like she was filing something away for later. Then she turned and padded back through the door.The room felt smaller after she left.I didn’t turn around. Stood there facing the back door for a second longer than I needed to, just breathing, just trying to get my face right before I had to look at him again.When I turned he was still standing exactly where he’d been. But something had shifted. The controlled, cold thing he’d walked in wearing was gone. He looked like someone had hit him with both hands.Good.No. Not good. Nothing about this was good.“How old.” His voi
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