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‘I’m sure I don’t want to know’ She frowned Checked her phone in case she’d ned fro a call but if so had happened to Benson she knew they’d inform her

But there were no es

‘Carly, honey, what happened with this Mr James?’

Carly felt her throat close over When she felt she could talk again she said the first thing that came into her head ‘I was a fool’ And then she burst into tears

‘Oh, honey, I hate to see you cry’

‘I know I’m sorry I just I have terrible taste in men’

She swiped at her eyes and grabbed a tissue from the nearby box Then she told her mother what had happened How she had tried to resist him but he’d been

‘The kind of man to make a woman swoon?’ her mother offered

Carly grimaced ‘He took my breath away from the first moment I saw hi-term relationships andeven worse, he was the same as Daniel’

‘He cheated on you!’

‘No I meant’ Carly sed ‘He didn’t love me either’

‘Oh, Carly’

‘It’s okay’ Carly hiccupped ‘He isn’t worth it’

And one day she hoped she’d believe that She wadded the tissue into a ball and aimed it at the kitchen sink as she and Liv had done as kids

‘Carly—’ Her mother’s familiar reprimand was cut short by a loud knock at the front door

Carly glanced at heranyone?’

‘No’

Her ht to tell her to ignore it

Then she heard Dare’s voice and ihtened her shoulders

When he walked in she caught her breath Once again he was dressed in head-to-toe black leather so she knew he’d ridden his bike up froone was the cocky charmer who had nearly run her down and in his place was a otten how to shave or sleep

A deep yearning careened around inside her chest and it took all Carly’s effort not to act like Benson’s ratty little dog and bound into his arory with her unkeown over her old pyjamas Why was it that she had a cupboard full of nice clothes but thisdecent?