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Kat had chosen him over her father? Conflicting emotions spiraled through him: elation, worry, pride, regret. The only person she had left to call family in this world, and she’d walked away from the man for him. Would he have done the same if he’d been forced to? Leave his mother like that to keep Kat in his life? The idea of being without her…He repressed a shudder.
Kat truly belonged to him, for however long he could keep her.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered, holding her hands tight in his. “You shouldn’t have to choose.”
I’m a bloody bastard for being happy she chose me. Guilt turned his insides to fire, and he forced the sickening sensation down as deep as he could. It was almost Christmas, and he and Kat were together, just as he’d wanted.
She wiped her face with her free hand and l
