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“Ace?”
“It’s nothing,” He tried to dismiss it but I was quick to add, “Please don’t hide it from me. I know what happened to Sean,” His head snapped towards me as soon as those words left my mouth. His eyes were wide as he scanned my face.
“Who told you?” He asked grimly. I sighed as I ran my hand through his arm before holding his cheek, “Javier told me,” I told him gently and saw his nostrils flare. I shook my head at him before I tried to explain, “Ace, please. It doesn’t matter,”
“Dossam, it could have been you and me. Do you know that?” He muttered with his teeth clenched. I sat up straight at his words before I ran the back of my hand over his cheek to comfort him and diffuse the tension that has slowly started to thicken the air.
“I know,” I told him gently before I pl
