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He’d er started to bloom in the pit of her stoaged to the other? Was he so calculated and so reenuine emotion? And Sara still expected to marry him

She sank to her knees on the cold tile floor Oh God, Sara She was returning today How on earth was she going to tell her what she’d done?

Reynard paced back and forth in his office, his er and confusion His behavior toward Sarina was justified More than justified, he told hiotten into his Ferrari and raced back to the city But try as he ion of his heart as he considered the woht

He’d been harsh in the face of her confession Cruel, also, as he’d left Neither state ca what had happened with Estella and then the discovery of the twins’ deception, what else was he to do?

He dropped into his leather executive chair behind his desk, put his head against the high back and closed his eyes Sarina’s ie was branded across his ht when she’d decided not to send him on his way The passion when he’d entered her body for the first time The hurt, the shock as he’d let loose his veno—each word an individual blow calculated to hurt her

He’d known all along about the lies, and yet, when she’d admitted it to him, it had roused in him a new fury Why? He’d known, even when he’d asked to stay the night with her, that this choice was bound to be exactly what she needed for her plan He should have expected her to tell hi rolled around Why had he been surprised? Had he fooled hi to her? That she had not eain, but had, instead, shared her bed with hian to throb

He forced his eyes open and reached for his telephone Whatever his reasons, whatever hers, he needed to follow through and see her leave Isla Sagrado There was no room in his life for her kind, nor his own brand of foolishness in wishing their tiether to be any different

Before he could lift the receiver, however, his intercom buzzed

“Señor del Castillo, Miss Woodville is here to see you”

Words all to come to him at his office, even after he’d told her that he never wanted to see her again?

“Señor? Should I tell her you are otherwise engaged?”

His lips quirked at Vivienne’s unintentional pun “No, it’s okay Send her in”

The instant the door opened, he kneas Sara Woodville who crossed the threshold The toed as he rose and walked around his desk to receive her—but to him, Sara was a pale facsimile of the woman he’d come to love He misstepped on the carpet Love? No It couldn’t be The very thought was ridiculous

“Rey, I have to tell you soot straight to the point

“This should be interesting,” he answered under his breath

“I beg your pardon?”

“I’m aware of the deception you and your sister have pulled You can consider our engageoodness!”

Her ansas anything but what he’d expected She was relieved? What ame ended before payout had been achieved?

“I didn’t want Rina to tell you the truth, but obviously she has Rey, e did rong What I did rong I should never have accepted your proposal Not when I loved another man”

Rey’s head reeled “You love anotherthe endurance trials near Maureillas We fell in love so fast that I didn’t want to believe it was real Couldn’t believe it was real, to be honest It was all tooserious, you know that But he swept h to push his to him and hurt him badly before the tournament here He was supposed to come and compete for France but he withdrew fronan”