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Trapped

She’d go to New York and have his baby, and he’d be miserable Or he’d decide to stay to be a father and bewith his child Could she live with that? She’d been one of those kids, with her junkieher in the care of her grandparents Always feeling unwanted Was this what she dreaut No She couldn’t do that to any of them Even if she had to lose the o to New York, Tristan This is my horandmother She took care of me my whole life, and I owe her I want to enroll in business school and get ree I can’t start all over in the city"

"Of course, you can! Don’t you want more for yourself, Syd? More fro to his aura He clenched his fists and faced her down "Is this it for you? Working forin the sa in New York I thought you weren’t going to be that scared little girl anyether"

If he’d told her he loved her, she’d probably fly off the bed and follow hiiven her any indication emotion ruled his speech, she’d tell him about the baby and take a leap of faith

Instead, she looked deep into those gorgeous a

The nuht now, she needed to do this and set him free He didn’t love her the way she did hier out there for him His dreams weren’t about her And da to be soh Soret

"I can’t leave, Tristan I’m sorry This is my home I need to stay And to be honest, I don’t think you really want er beat fro o aiththese ridiculous ga you want, and nothing is keeping you here except yourself But I’rabbed his shirt, quickly dressed, and walked to the door "Just re on Friday, and I’ back"

The door shut behind hiht around her and bowed her head Body shaking, she let the surge of pain and fear wash over her and wondered if she’d est mistake of her life

chapter one

Sydney Greene-Seymour rushed into the office of Pierce Brothers Construction, frantically calculating how she’dher hair in a French braid, then raced back to her closet to change twice before school If she acted like this at six years old, ould happen when she reached high school?

Sydney shuddered at the thought Juggling her purse, laptop, and briefcase, she dug for the key She was a bit of a control freak when it ca the office where she’d worked since she was sixteen years old, and she liked to arrive before everyone else started Order was the key to dealing with chaos Her life had been such a series of sharp turns and fear-inducing hills, her soul was soothed in the one place she could not only control but thrive in