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“I loved you with all my heart; you know that, right? Before you died, I loved you with every fiber of my being. I thought I was going to marry you, that you were the one. It was a whirlwind of a relationship we had. But it wasn’t deep. Not like with Mason and I. With him, things are just different. And I know we met under strange circumstances, but I knew instantly that he was going to be my forever man. I just knew, the moment I met him.”

Adam looked down at his hands, his face a picture of sadness.

“I waited for so long and foolishly hoped that you would still love me. I can’t blame you for finding someone else. I honestly can’t. I want you to be happy. To love in the best way that you can. And if that’s not with me then it makes me sad, but I can accept it. It’s just pretty hard to accept that it’s my brother that you’ve fallen in love with, but I’ll get there one day.”

He wiped a tear from his eye.

“I wish things could have been different.”

“Don’t wish that.”

“I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay.” He finished his coffee. “I think I should go. In fact, I think we should go our separate ways and not see each other again. It’s too hard…”

“I understand.”

He got up to leave. I stood up and hugged him.

“Goodbye, Amber.”

“Goodbye, Adam.”

Chapter 35 – Amber

AfewdayslaterI was at the library studying for my exams. Although I’d decided to transfer schools, I still had some exams to complete before I could transfer. I sat and pored over several textbooks, trying to absorb the information they contained within them.

It had been nearly four weeks since I’d seen Mason and I was getting antsy. The longer he was away, the harder it got, even though we spoke daily on the phone and messaged each other. I hated being apart from him and it felt wrong to wake up every day and not see him. Frustration filled my days and made it hard to concentrate on anything else. I felt like I was obsessed with him but I couldn’t help myself.

I turned the page of the textbook I was reading and made a note. Something bumped against my chair and there was a loud clattering noise. Someone had bumped into me and dropped all their books. I turned round to help them.

It was Mason. I jumped up and hugged him tightly.

“Oh my gosh, I missed you so much!”

“I missed you too,” he said, his smooth buttery voice making me melt inside. I looked up at his beautiful face with that curved smile and bright blue eyes, and I smiled.

“When did you get in?”

“An hour ago. I went by your dorm but you weren’t there so I figured you’d be in the library. I watched you from afar for a while.”

“Ever the FBI agent!”

He chuckled and hugged me again. “So, am I going to get a kiss or what?”

I reached up and tugged on his bottom lip and devoured him. He kissed back hard, and just about knocked me off my feet.

Finally, we pulled apart and I gulped in some air. I was aware that some people were watching us and I laughed. “We really should go somewhere a bit more private.”

“Let’s go back to my place.”

He didn’t have to ask twice. I packed up my things and followed him out of the library. We walked to his apartment hand in hand. He’d kept it on for a couple of months in case he had to come back into town for the case.

“How has work been?”

“Busy. I’ve been doing all the paperwork and auditing the interviews of the inner circle. The whole house of cards has fallen down on Professor Owens. Most of the inner circle were being blackmailed by him, and some of them knew about the deaths and how he carried them out. It won’t be difficult to put him away for good.”

I shuddered. “I’m glad.”

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