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‘That is precisely what I intend to do’ Max stood up, ht, and Lisa watched as a silent challenge passed between theest you leave me to my wife and deal with your own issues’
‘My issues?’ Even his voice was sith, the same determination The same icy control
‘She was crying,’ Lisa said without thinking, knowing they were referring to the woman who’d fled the restaurant earlier, and bothterrible because she couldn’t get out of here fast enough’
Max looked at his brother ‘As I was saying’
Raul looked first at her then back to Max ‘I will call you later, to see how your wife is’
A little flicker of hope leapt to life inside Lisa Did thisa relationship? Would it prove to Max he did deserve to be loved? Itback the man she’d married, the man who hadn’t been afraid to feel her love even if he’d been unable to show any in return She’d hoped it would be just a case of needing time, but time had only closed him off from her It had built an impenetrable wall around his heart and locked her out
‘I’m fine now,’ she said, and looked into his dark eyes, so like Max’s
Without another word to her or Max his brother turned and strode from the hotel; the sound of London traffic rushed in briefly as the doors opened Then he was gone and she looked up at Max and knew that the ed hie she’d briefly hoped for He was colder and far more distant than ever before
Max watched his brother walk away He had looked him in the eye, had assessed hi as he prided hi Raul Valdez possessed the same kind of character, the same depth of determination The similarities already went much deeper than their physical likeness, of that there was no doubt
He pushed the jumble of emotions to one side and pulled out his phone and dialled, still unable to believe he’d been told what he should do by the brother he’d only just ree with hih while pregnant with his little half-sister, Angelina, rushed at him Lisa would see a doctor, his doctor, and then he intended to take her to his ho her kicking and screa
The call connected ‘I’d like to nant and feeling unwell’