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He clasped her cheeks and stared into her eyes “No, carain the world that could put a price tag on you I fell in love with you long before I realized it I would not change a thing about you, Pia You have to believe me”

She nodded and wiped her cheeks, sudden resolution in hertoo And you have to proet angry or furious or hurt, you will communicate with me That you won’t just shut me down”

Heart beating rapidly, he nodded “Pia, you can tell ”

She drew in a long breath “I’nant”

He felt dizzy, as if someone had robbed all the air around the, and beneath that, a crushing sense of void in his gut

This hat Gio had been talking about Christo, how long had she known? How long had she been hiding the truth? How long would she have kept it a secret?

“It is yours,” she said so softly that his head jerked up

He gritted his teeth, trying to corral the hurtful things that wanted to get out “For all my sins, Pia, I never doubted your loyalty, your love”

The betrayed look in his eyes e the circumstances She had never wanted to be the one who deceived him, never wanted to see that disillusionment in his eyes, but if she had told him, hat she’d learned since about Alyssa… All she had held on to was hope

He was processing it, she knew, running through the emotions Breath braced, she waited, hoped he wouldn’t just cut her off again Even a furious explosion was preferable to hi her down

“How far along are you?”

“Almost ten weeks I think it happened that first time”

“I wore a condom”