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“It’s not,” she promised

Lara wanted to dive into his aret to the makeup sex But as much as she wanted all of that, she wanted this to be a fresh start That

She grimaced

“What?” Do at her face

“You said you thought I was using you to fill some deep-seated—and apparently deeply hidden—need for faht”

“I thought you said I was using that as an excuse,” he muttered

“Oh, I still think that,” she told hiht I would And I like your fah to actually wonder if you were right So I had to find out”

“And?”

“And” Lara’s voice trailed off

This was hard

She knehat she wanted She knew she was strong enough to make it work But it was still really, really hard to say it out loud

She’d been on her own, unencuht years

They’d been lean years, filled with heartbreak, disillusionment, fear and a hand-to-mouth existence that so Lara Banks, daughter of Randall and Ellen, sister to Phillip the perfect

Now she kneho she was, and she knehat she wanted

She wanted Dominic

She took a deep breath, stepping back a little Not far, just enough that she wasn’t touching him

She needed a little space for this

“And I found out that while you have a great family, I do have a family of my own So as much as I enjoy yours, I don’t need them”