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What had come over him?

Jack swallowed hard as Alayna’s soft protest echoed around him. He opened his hand and looked at his palm, still feeling the warmth, the softness of her breast.

He closed his hand into a fist, his lips thinning. He didn’t want to get involved with her. Even less, to hurt her. She was an angel. A woman who deserved a man who was willing to give her the children that she wanted so desperately.

“I’m sorry,” he mumbled. “I—” But he couldn’t think of an explanation for his actions—nothing but the truth, which was that he wanted her. Needed her. He yearned for her softness, her compassion.

But what did he have to give her in return?

Jack pushed himself to his feet. He strode down the pier, the weathered planks pitching beneath his feet as he all but ran from her. From temptation.

From himself.

From memories that haunted him.