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“Mine?” she repeated, not sure she wanted to know But like everything with Khaled, she couldn’t seem to stop “That’s ridiculous”

“The wild-goose chase to Johannesburg was entertaining, of course,” Khaled said, his gaze sharpening on hers “But if you truly wanted to be rid ofbehind that snide little taunt, don’t you think?”

“I didn’t taunt you”

“Of course you did”

He pulled his hands from his pockets and then he moved, and it was all too sainst the ith his hands flattened on the battered bricks on either side of her head, his face level with hers And his gray eyes were so dark, so serious, they looked blacker than the thick night surrounding them

And saw everything

Cleo shivered, deep inside

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

It was a question, soft against the night It wasn’t an accusation

She wished it had been That ht have been easier And she didn’t pretend she didn’t know exactly what he meant

“How could I?” she asked, hating that raggedness in her voice That thickness “I told you I wasn’t ready to have children and you ignored me”