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Killian let out a sigh. “I don’t need to have you arrested. You told Celine you would wait for me. Well, here I am. I’ll even let you take the first swing.”

“You said you knew he was afraid of you, Blaine.” She knew she was egging him on, but she was so tired of his bullshit. She looked at Killian when he snorted out a laugh.

Celine watched Blaine turn away from Killian but quickly faced him and threw a punch, which Killian dodged, then before she even saw it, Killian punched him, and he fell on his ass. Out cold.

Her mouth dropped open as she looked at Blaine then Killian to see him shaking his hand.

“Shit, this is why I don’t fight,” he said.

She stared at him and when he looked at her, she couldn’t stop the tears from falling. She heard him take a deep breath, then he pulled herinto his arms.

Chapter Thirteen

Killian held her while she cried. Her hands fisted in his T-shirt. He kissed her forehead.

“Stop, baby. I don’t like seeing you cry.”

“I’m so sorry. So sorry,” she said.

“I know. I am too.”

Celine looked at him. “For what?”

“Not giving you the benefit of the doubt. I know you wouldn’t lie to me without a good reason. It doesn’t mean I like it, but I love you, Celine. We can get past this.”

“Let’s go inside.”

“What about him?” Killian nodded at Blaine.

“Let him there. Once he wakes up, I’m sure he’ll leave.”

Killian grinned. “I hope so. I’d hate to kick his ass again. I’m going to have bruised knuckles as it is.”

Celine smiled as she took his hand and led him inside. They sat on the sofa, and Killian took her hand in his, then looked into her eyes.

“Tell me why you thought you couldn’t let me know he was here.”

“I told myself I would tell you about him being here, but not yet. I wanted to know what he was up to and why. Blair mentioned—”

“Wait, who’s Blair?”

“She’s my cousin I mentioned. We’re as close as sisters. I’m actually trying to convince her to come here. Anyway, she mentioned that Blaine might have seen my social media page, and I hadpictures of you and me together. I think she’s right. He saw me with another man and wanted to make my life miserable.” She shook her head. “He certainly achieved that.”

“If you would have just told me when he first showed up, I would have been fine with it. Not with him being here, but with you telling me about it. I never would have done anything to him unless he hurt you, but I deserved to know, Celine.”

“I know. I was just scared.”

“About what? Have I ever given you a reason to be afraid of my reactions?”

“Oh, God, no. It’s more him. His anger just explodes. He tried to tell me he was on medication, but I don’t believe it.” She sighed. “I know people who suffer from OCD do get help and their life is better, but Blaine doesn’t see the problem he has. He blamed me for any outbursts. I tried to read up on it as much as I could, and he had all the symptoms. But his anger was scary at times. He never hit me—”

“It just didn’t get to that point. He might have if you had stayed with him.” Killian sighed. “I just wish you would have told me. It was as if you didn’t trust me enough to tell me he was here. To me, you can’t have love without trust. That’s what bothered me. That you couldn’t trust me and if you didn’t trust me, how could you love me?”

“Oh, Killian, I love you so much and I trust you with my life. I just didn’t trust how far Blaine would go. So, by not telling you about him being here, I thought I was protecting you, but after seeing you put him in his place, I’m ashamedthat I thought any differently.”

“I don’t like fighting. I don’t think it solves anything. My father always told me and Kian to never throw the first punch, and we don’t, but that doesn’t mean we won’t throw the second one.” Killian stared at her.

“I want you to forgive me,” she whispered.

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