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‘Possibly not,’ Sergio bit out ‘But it has to be done’

Jerehed ‘Be it on your head, then’

Bella was slowly packing and trying not to cry when the inevitable knock came on the bedrooet away as easily as that Frankly, she’d been bargaining on it

Taking a deep breath, she walked over to the door and only half opened it, standing there so that he couldn’t coht of the obvious distress in his eyes almost undid her determination to be as ruthless as he had been She’d expected him to be upset with her Just not this upset Till she reminded herself that he was obsessively in lust with her Of course he wouldn’t want to let her go just yet He obviously hadn’t had enough Maybe after yesterday he’d been planning on even ames

This was exactly the train of thought she needed to steel her spine and harden her heart

‘Yes, Sergio?’ she asked crisply ‘What is it?’

His dark brows drew together in a frustrated frown

‘What is it?’ he threw at her, his head shaking fro disbelief ‘You ask me that after e’ve shared this last couple of weeks? I thought e had was special, Bella Clearly, I rong,’ he snapped

She found a sht What we shared was very special and I will be eternally grateful to you If it wasn’t for you, I’d foolishly keep believing that I could only enjoy sex with the sort ofin love with Now I know that all I need is a gorgeous-looking male friend like you Admittedly, I doubt I’ll find too many male friends in future who are built as ioes Look, I know I said I wanted you to come visit me in New York once in a while,’ she rattled on, ‘but I honestly think we should leave things as they are’

The icy coldness in his eyes sent tiny shards of glass stabbing into her already broken heart

‘I see,’ he bit out ‘There’s no more to be said, then Goodbye, Bella Good luck with the movie’

And he was gone, striding off down the corridor without a backward glance With a strangled sob, she closed the door, then put her head in her hands and wept

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR