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“I want the truth,” she said “The whole truth”

He looked into her eyes “You are everything I want in a woman”

She blinked, obviously not expecting to hear those words “What do you want froiveness? Sex? Do you want to be friends with benefits?”

He held her gaze as the fear pulsed through hi but he had to take the risk “I want another chance”

She lowered her gaze “I don’t think I can do that again,” she whispered

He held on to the steering wheel and squeezed as the pain rushed through him “Because I made one mistake”

“No, because I can’t be with a guy on’t share his life”

“I just did thisabout his past and it did not go well “Look at what happened”

“That was one ti back,” she accused “You don’t trust h”

“That’s not true,” he insisted “I trust you more than anyone I know”

“You don’t trust h to talk about yourself I don’t know about your past, I didn’t know about your dreaency and I don’t kno you feel about me And I ith you for over a year” She took a deep breath “Cole, I’m done with this This was a mistake”

Cole closed his eyes as her words ripped through hiie”

“Just take ie said Her voice was dull and tired as she looked out the car“We got caught up in the pretense Let’s forget this ever happened”

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AS COLE PARKED in the front of his office building, he felt the weight of this ie would never be his again Angie, the only woman he loved and if he were honest, still loved

Angie had been thehe did, but she was there for hiave him advice when he asked When he made a mistake, she called him on it This was a woht she would reach the point where she called it off But he had found her limit