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‘There is nothingand looked up at hi, then with purpose she pulled the other off ‘You have said all that needs to be said’

‘Not yet I haven’t’ What was happening?

She took his hand, turned it over and placed the earrings in his pal icicles, but as he looked back at her he saw her reach up and begin to unfasten the necklace

She was giving the back her love—in the most public and final way

‘Stop’ The word carowl but it snared her attention She looked at him, her ar off fireworks of sparks with each breath

‘Why?’ The breathy yet fiercely determined word reared up at him like a stallion Wild and untamed Hurt

This was it This was the moment to put his cards on the table, theWhy here? Why like this? But as those thoughts raced in his et another chance

He took a deep breath, still holding the earrings, which now seemed to burn his palm ‘Because I love you’

CHAPTER TWELVE

LISA COULDN’T MOVE, couldn’t even blink as she looked at Max She’d waited so long to hear those words that she’d given up hope of ever hearing In desperation she’d co so, take back her love, her heart, because they asted on a cold and emotionless man like him

A gasp from someone nearby warned her that everyone close to the and had formed a circle around them They were the centre of attention, just what he’d wanted to avoid, but she hadn’t planned it like this—so public But somehow that didn’t matter, not any more Her heart thumped hard and she couldn’t take her eyes from Max’s

‘I should have said it a long ti to be lured in by such tactics