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‘Angelina looks happy,’ Lisa said as she ca her to perfection The very same dress, before trouble had blown up between the froain

Lisa had sought hi to her ry, too disappointed to say anything Lisa’s ht to the very core of all the vulnerabilities he’d hidden well from everyone

‘And thatup at him He didn’t look at her, but kept his focus on his sister, although he wanted to know if Lisa’s beautiful face was tinged with sadness or if the anger she’d thrown at him still made her eyes spark

‘About earlier,’ Lisa said and he swung round to face her, those expressive green eyes widening in shock

‘The conversation with your mother, where you told her you’d found a way to be better than she was?’

‘That’s not what I said’ She gasped and her acting skills surpassed any he knew as tears welled into her eyes

‘What I heard was exactly that, Lisa’

‘That’s not fair, Max You only heard what I said, not what she’d said to me’

‘It was enough’

‘Enough for what?’ Lisa said the words slowly, intently looking up at hiainst her neck, touching skin he’d kissed Damn it Why did she always do this to hi on?

‘I will support you and our child but we cannot reether—or even married’

Lisa gasped ‘You want to go ahead with the divorce?’

‘It is for the best, but I will expect to be involved in my child’s life, to see hih and, in two days’ time, a New Year’s Eve party’