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“Why are you telling hly confused Had the sisters been setting up yet another mark?

“Because you deserve the truth, and you deserve far better than me When I arrived here, and we met, I decided you were the perfectfor forever And then you asked me to marry you I was flattered, ouldn’t be? But I said ‘yes’ for all the wrong reasons I didn’t want to admit to an to suspect Icoffee and alcohol”

“Yes, I’m surprised you noticed”

“What I noticed was that your sister had not It was one of the first things that drew the truth to h I was distracted at the time with Benedict’s accident”

Sara’s hands fluttered to her face, “I can’t believe I’d forgotten to ask you about that How is he?”

“Recovering at the castillo for now”

“I’lad I never h ti had happened to Benedict until Rina toldbefore I started to question my acceptance of your proposal and I knew that before I could do anything, I needed to talk to Paul again Things with us were still so new—I couldn’t tell you I had to run off to France to talk with an old lover, but how could I explain leaving?

“Then Rina called to tell ood to pass up She needed to get away, and so did I I asked her to visit, and arranged et in at the same time as hers We barely had a chance to say hello before I shoved the letter at her, asking her to take my place”

The envelope with the ring, Reynard realized The one that had had hieered their first kiss—and with it, the realization that Sara was not the wo over his senses It hadn’t been addressed to hi with the charade

“I knoasn’t fair—to you or to Rina—but I also knew that she wouldn’t tell ht back to France At first, Paul wouldn’t see s out He still loves me and I know I love hi to foist his child upon me?” Rey was rocked by her revelations, but his eren’t so co the obvious question Sarinahim with financial motives, but Sara still could have been

“I’ll be honest When I first went to Perpignan, the thought had crossed my mind, but in the end, I knoould never have done that to you Reynard, I’m so sorry I used you Sorry I used Rina, too I should have been honest with you froo away instead of expecting my sister to pick up the pieces”

“I can’t accept your apology, Sara What the two of you have done—it has ry”

“I understand Look, I haven’t seen Rina yet, and I need to tell her what has happened Can I ask you not to say anything to her until then?”

Say anything to her? He’d ordered her fro to her would be a problem In response to Sara’s question he nodded

“Rina is leaving the island later today I suggest that you go with her”

“I’et ain”

After Sara had gone, Reynard’s head began to pound How could he have been so incredibly wrong about Rina? Had his earlier experience with Estella so poisoned hi any woman without suspicion? She’d ad, including her love for hier

Yes, she had deceived hi for either of his brothers? Of course he would, if asked In fact, his perpetuation of his engagement to Sara was no less a counterfeit than what the sisters had done to him He’d done it to put Abuelo’s mind at rest, but the fact he had done it at all made him no different from Sarina and her twin