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‘Just don’t even try and explain,’ she advised hi away from him so quickly that she stumbled into one of the chairs She reached out a hand to steady herself and found that it was tre

He tensed ‘It isn’t—’

‘I believed you, Andreas!’ She looked at hily ‘When you told me that I was the only woman you’d ever loved, I believed you But you’re just like all the others One woh for you!’

Andreas swore softly and stepped towards her ‘Will you listen to me?’

‘No’ Libby shook her head fir to propose, I didn’t realise that there was a queue So tell me, Andreas, when exactly did you plan to fit me in?’

‘Eleni is not my wife’ His voice was terse and she tried to hide the pain she was feeling

‘Not yetto happen soon’

Andreas gave an irowl and slammed his fist down on the table

‘Libby, less than half an hour ago I told you that I loved you Do you really think I would say those words when I was planning to marry another woman?’

‘Of course I do! Men do things like that all the tiled to breathe What usually happened naturally now see to tell me that you had no relationship with her?’

He ran long fingers through his hair in an i that, but—’

‘But you conveniently forgot to mention her,’ Libby interrupted hoarsely ‘When I asked you about other women, you said that there wasn’t anyone special—’

‘Because there wasn’t,’ he said wearily, his hands dropping to his sides

‘She thinks she’s going to marry you, Andreas’ Libby heard her voice wobble and hated herself for it ‘That sounds pretty special to me’

There was a long silence and when he looked up his eyes were tired ‘For a short time I did think that I would marry her, but it’s history now On the other hand, perhaps we should both be grateful that you found that note because it’s proved to both of us that you just aren’t capable of trusting anyone’ His voice seemed to have lost all its warmth ‘I’ve told you that I love you more times than I can count, and I’ve shown you in as s or your own then there’s definitely no future for us No relationship can ithout trust and you just can’t give it You da to my side of the story’

Libby looked at hihs and lows of eo he’d been pro to make babies with her Now their relationship appeared to be in pieces