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I thought he cared.

I thought he was good.

I-I loved him.

Could I have been so wrong?

My head thudded as warring emotions raged battle inside me.

Hurt and anger.

Confusion and despair.

I didn’t want to be dismissed. But I was clearly not wanted in that room. Andres spared me a single glance, and I wanted to tell him off. I wanted to slap his face.

But I stopped, frozen in his blue-gray gaze. I saw something there that quelled my rising hysteria.

Something that calmed the storm raging inside of me.

Emotion. Heat. Angst. Fury. And something else.

It was almost like a plea.

Like Andres was begging me to understand.

Whatever was brewing behind his suddenly cold eyes, I hoped I read him right. That silent entreaty moved me like nothing else could.

Trust me.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ELLIE

Icould see the words like a neon sign burning between us.

Trust me.

He was asking me to put my faith in him. I’d already said I did.

I supposed it was time for me to prove it.

“Excuse me,” I whispered, dipping my chin slightly before standing.

I exited the room after Gary’s new wife and took a seat across the hall from her. She busied herself with her cell phone, and I tried not to freak out while I tried not to think about what was going on in there.

Mr. Orion excused himself to his office, and my lawyer nodded at me before taking his leave.

Odd.

I thought he’d stick around, but he didn’t.

The minutes ticked by.

Three.

Seven.

I dropped my phone. Then picked it back up.

Ten.

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