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Trust her to make the right decision. He repeated Pat’s words over and over again, but they did little to assuage the dread. Though he and Shannon had been friends for close to a decade, he wasn’t sure their romantic relationship could compete against the three years she’d been with Chris, and the fear that he’d once again be relegated to the friend zone was very real. He glanced outside yet again, and while she was too far away for him to be sure, she looked like she was about to cry. Anger burned away the fear and dread, but he held it in check until she walked inside and lowered herself mechanically into the chair beside him and he saw the track of a single tear shining on her cheek. Explosive fury consumed him, and one more glance out the window at Chris’s smug face had him shooting o