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So tell me, did you marry me for me? Did you marry me because I’m special in some way?" He paused, let his questions sink all the way in "Or did you marry me for another reason entirely?

Did you marry me because you wanted to put one over on your sisters? Because you were sick and tired of people thinking you didn’t have any guts? Because you hated the fact that you’d never done anything crazy?"

She narrowed her eyes, knowing exactly what he was trying to prove Well, it wasn’t going to work He’d hurt her Badly

And she wasn’t going to forgive him, even if she already knew she’d never come apart like that in anyone else’s arms

"Don’t turn randmother You want me to tell her that we’re in--" She couldn’t say the word, couldn’t bring herself to voice such a huge lie

Unfortunately, Cole had a scarily one-track mind "You didn’t want your sisters to ry about everyone thinking you were innocent We both knohy you ry with you, aet anted And that it was so daht it could be"

"Take me back to the hotel"

"Be reasonable, sweetheart"

She suddenly hated the sound of the endearment that she’d once loved so much "Don’t call , he said, "We both had our reasons foreach other

How about we rejoice over our incredible che hairs over the details?"

She looked at hi him for the very first time Which, she supposed, she was "You’re serious, aren’t you? You really think that’s all it’s going to take to get uess I should have known better Fine After we visit randmother, I’ll take you to Tiffany and you can pick out anything you want Money is no object"

She reeled back as if he’d slapped her And the truth was, he ht as well have for the pain his "offer" had just sent through her

"I can’t believe you just said that"

"Jesus, Anna, what a now?"

"You’re an assle That’s what’s wrong" The curse felt strange on her tongue, but there was no other word for Cole, for the way he was behaving, for what he was i is?" Steam all but blew out of her ears "Not that you just treated me like a whore But that you don’t even seem to realize you’ve done it"

An instant later, cool cal her cells from Cole’s heat And from the pain She should never have taken a risk with Cole, should never have let hie, should never have ju his hand

She’d never ain