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“Yes”

So in the other man’s voice alerted him “Where?”

“She’s in Spain”

“She said she wanted time to think Apparently she decided she needed distance, too”

“And other things”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“Check your fax machine”

Sandor lithely jumped to his feet and crossed the room to where his personal fax whirred Two sheets were in the printer tray He picked up the top one, it had Hawk’s coo and said, “For your review”

The sheet underneath was a newspaper clipping in one of the smaller European tabloids It was obviously not a cover shot, but an interior article It showed Ellie dressed much more provocatively and trendily than her usual attire She ith an attractive dark-hairedbeside a casino table The man had his ar short of possessive

For soe reason, Sandor felt like he couldn’t breathe

“Go back to your computer I sent additional photos in an encrypted file”

Sandor didn’t kno the other otten to the faxa well-known playboy had a new plaything, who had been labeled as nothing more than his “woman of mystery”

Evidently Ellie’s identity was unknown Considering the fact that she did not court publicity, he was not surprised And if the playboy was as wealthy as he looked, he could keep her name from even determined reporters

Sandor checked his e-mail and there was the one from Hawk He opened it, typed in the password Hawk fed him over the phone and a picture materialized on the screen It was of Ellie and the ot h aof the couple together in bed…naked

“Destroy the pictures at your end,” he barked

“Done”

“Thank you, Hawk”

“I’m sorry, Sandor”

Sandor nodded and hung up the phone, realizing as he did so that Haould not have seen his head’s movement

The pain of betrayal tore through Sandor as he tried to wrap his mind around the evidence presented to his eyes Ellie had slept with another man

He ly Greek word

It did not help

He’d believed she was a wority He had believed her when she said she loved hie? He could not accept that He wanted nothing of e to a faithless woman