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"Sanders brought you here," she whispered He shook his head

"You broughtto remember how to breathe How corip on life, Ja to let go Why wouldn’t he? Tate reached out, pressed the button for floor seven

"Sorry," she ed to choke out as the elevator started to lift "Were you getting out at the lobby?"

"I was I don’there?" she asked She felt his hand on her shoulder, forcing her to turn around to face him

"We have unfinished business," he inforet out of that elevator Soaround in her head She wanted to scream She wanted to cry She wanted to slap him across the face She wanted to throw herself at hile one of Nick’s touches She wanted to tell him that she had slept with Nick, see if it would scare hiood See if it wouldn’t bother him at all Luckily, she didn’t have to say or do any of that – the elevator lurched to a stop and the doors slid open

"I thought we said everything we had to say," she told hiht so, too I rong," he replied

"Really? You seemed pretty satisfied, last tiry You have a tendency towe could talk," he said

"When have we ever ’just talked’?" she laughed

"We could start Right now," he suggested She stopped in front of her door, her hands shaking so badly she couldn’t get her key card in the slot He took it frolared at hi I wanted to say, so I’m sorry if you -,"

"You said you loved o away," he told her She blinked at him in surprise

"Yeah, and I also told you it was a lie"

"That’s a lie You loved ht now Why can’t you just ad her unco ball of energy, full of spice and vinegar Always scratching, always lashing Never calm Tate didn’t knohat to do with this Jameson

"Because," she breathed, then cleared her throat "It doesn’t matter"

"It matters to ure shit out I did I don’t want this," she told hihed

"That baby isn’tto forgive that," he told her She felt enraged

"How nanimous of you I know the baby isn’t yours, and that still doesn’t change how I feel about you," she snapped at him

"Good, because you’re in love withthat!" she yelled at him