“Stay with me.” Ashley didn’t even care about all the ways those words could be interpreted.

Ty’s eyes fluttered open. His right hand moved and lightly grasped her wrist. Her gaze shot to his face. He held her gaze. “I trust you.”

The words echoed in her head. I trust you. Even after this morning, when she’d been so furious with him, when just an hour ago she’d been yelling at him, he trusted her. Trusted her to do what was necessary, even if the task was ghastly.

Which told her he knew her better than she thought he did.

Then his fingers tightened a little. “Last night...still should never... But I’m not sorry.”

He said it with more energy than she would have thought he had. And apparently it was the last he had, because the moment the words were out, his eyes rolled up a little and he passed out.

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