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‘Calluood to see hiht they’d made love?

‘Can I come in?’

She sighed ‘Callum’

‘Please?’

His voice was husky and full of yearning and she wanted to do more than just invite him in She wanted to take him into her bed, put her head on his shoulder and listen to the steady thud of his heart She stood aside

Callum braced himself to be polite to Paul as he brushed past her and stepped into her aparte room

‘He’s gone to the bottle shop,’ Hailey e

How cosy ‘So, what’s been happening today?’

‘We’ve talked A lot It’s been…cathartic’

Callum frowned He heard the weariness in her voice ‘He hasn’t been upsetting you has he?’

‘No Of course not’

‘So where does this leave us?’

‘Callum, please I need some closure I need this time with Paul, please…’

Callum clenched his fists ‘So was I just a substitute lover? Until the real thing came back into your life?’

Hailey reached for the lounge as she staggered from his insult ‘It wasn’t like that, and you know it What happened between you and I was…’ Hailey sighed wearily She’d talked so much today her voice hurt

‘Was?’ he demanded

‘Soht noas I to know that he was going to show up on my doorstep?’

‘Isn’t that what you’d been hoping for?’

Today had been a day for honesty and Hailey didn’t see the point in stopping now ‘Yes Deep down, yes In the beginning I did hope he would,’ she admitted ‘But I never expected it’