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"What are you doing here?" he asked, his tone noticeably guarded

Ereen eyes She sed "I have to speak with you"

"That’s obvious"

"Then why did you ask?" She tilted her head in question

Colton lifted a brow, a so talk"

Following hi in her stoed out of his suit jacket Without a word, he gestured to a chair in front of his desk After shedding her coat and scarf, Ee to leave But she wouldn’t She knew she had to keep the reason she was there in her forethoughts Casting a furtive glance in Colton’s direction, she watched hi his jacket in a closet, e into a seat across from her

Colton cleared his throat, his eyes penetrating "You hurt hih E those words fro beyond any measure "I know I did I know that better than anyone " E "But I love hiht Olivia told me you said he’s not in the country I need you to tellback, a condescending snort slipped through his nose "You love him? How come I find that hard to believe?" Emily reared back, shocked, but Colton continued "And how do you plan on ht with him? Even if I tell you where he is, who’s to say he’ll take you back? You didn’t see what he looked like when he showed up at ht The look in his eyes The hurt on his face" Colton leisurely shrugged, sht, how could you? You were too busy enjoying your rehearsal dinner"

Heavy tension fell over the roos His insinuation slapped her hard across the face No longer able to control her emotions, she blinked as tears slipped froht in more ways than one I tortured myself in more ways than anyone will ever know"

The sour truth tumbled from her mouth as her mind replayed the self-inflicted pain she’d allowed from Dillon as punishment for her actions and indecision As much as she loved Gavin, she refused to subject herself to Colton’s accusations of her enjoying anything froht her hand to her chest "You have no idea how much I love your brother I can’t breathe without him I haven’t slept I’ve barely eaten No, I didn’t believe hi to his past when I thought I was his future It killed me My instincts toldfor it"

Cupping her hand over herShe slowly brought her attention back to Colton, her frantic green eyes begging "I don’t know if he’ll take me back, and I don’t expect him to I don’t know if he’ll even look at me, because I can barely look at myself What I do know is I need to see hi s, I have to do it" E "But don’t you dare tell "

Eyes no longer s and corabbed a pen and a sticky note After scribbling so onto it, he rounded the corner of his desk and handed her the tiny piece of paper "Here’s the address to his house and a beachside bar you’ll probably find hi into his pants pocket and pulled out his wallet After thue of histo let you foot the bill to go down there for the little wiseass" Colton reached for Emily’s hand and tucked theat the cash, Emily sniffled She shook her head "I can’t take this It’s enough you’re letting ive it back