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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Aspen
Chapter Twenty-Nine
~ Aspen ~
“That was a bit mean, don’t you think?” I asked Grey once E and Will were out of earshot.
He bent down to pick up a pair of boxing gloves that they’d left on the squishy floor. It was a weird mixture of rubber and plastic that almost bounced under our weight.
“Lexa doesn’t take care of herself.” He held the gloves out for me to take. “So I usually have to.”
I nodded in understanding and slipped my hands into the gloves. Even if that wasn’t true, I knew Grey felt responsible for everyone under this roof. He did have a soft spot for E, though. The two of them were close in their own weird wa
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