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A vein stretched taut at his te in his eyes “Is that as well as you knew me or even better?”

There were sowith that question that she couldn’t sift through the nuances for a minute “Whatdoes that mean?”

“You fell into my bed three days after we met You traveled halfway round the world to see a man alked out on you I will not put ht now”

A soft whimper fell from her mouth and Lauren hated herself just as much as she hated him

Her judg their weakness, their utter lack of control when it caainst her?

“You’re reat” She whispered the words softly, slowly, as though she needed to believe them herself

A headache was beginning to blur her vision “David isn’t even aware of ourliaison,” she said, intent onto Behraat, I persuaded hih He didn’t even knohy I was co”

“Why?”

“Why what, Zafir?”

“Why did you come to Behraat?”

Because I’m a silly, sentimental fool Because, even after all these years, I still didn’t learn

He was right Her usual common sense had taken a hike froo and found hih

“I thought you were dead, Zafir” The hollow ache she had battled for six weeks resonated around them “I came to see the Behraat that you told me so much about I came to Behraat to mourn you”

He flinched and took a step back Shock radiated from him

“I saw the news coverage of the riots When I didn’t hear anything from you, when they reported the nu for your country and its people,” she paused to breathe, to pull air past the lued in her throat like a rock She rubbed her fingers over her eyes, feeling incredibly tired “But I’m such a fool, aren’t I? If you had cared, you could have picked up the phone, no wait, you could have barked a cos could have inforh with me”

He didn’t blink, didn’tto her? Had sheto him?

“I never pro, Lauren”