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Winnie stared at his eyes, his mouth, the faint lines etched on either side of those remarkable lips She felt the worst kind of sorrow Wanted so badly to be with him but didn't kno to make it work any I'ht"

Morgan's intensely blue eyes ive you this now"

He reached into his pocket and withdrew a sold key chain with three shiny keys "Your new place I bought it for you I picked up the keys from the Realtor today, afterback to the office because the paperwork took longer than we expected"

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

WINNIE eroceries in the kitchen of her new apart on a lovely tree-lined street

She'd been back in the city nearly a week now, after having been gone for a month She'd spent her first week aith her parents, then a ith her sister Alexis, and then the last teeks traveling on her own

She'd told herself she was visiting all the historic places on the southeastern seaboard she'd alanted to see, but the truth was she was avoiding New York Avoiding returning Avoiding, an

But she couldn't stay away forever She lived in New York Her life was in New York-even if her life wasn't with Morgan Grady

Winnie put the erator and the bread on the counter She'd bought some fresh flowers, so she cut the bottoms of the steht, arranging the dahlias, that they were already in the last week of August A late Saturday afternoon and summer was nearly over

Ti to do Soan

Because she did pine for him She felt like a woman from a Victorian novel, felt as if she'd had a taste of heaven and she'd turned around and run the other way

Soured out Sooofy and absurd, someone sentimental and deeply eether

But until then, a job would help fill all her empty hours

Winnie placed the flowers on her dining table and reached for the newspaper Sitting cross-legged on her couch, she opened up the paper but hadn't even reached the Classifieds when her doorbell rang

Winnie peered through the peephole

Morgan He was dressed in black tie-black tuxedo, elegant white shirt and white silk bow tie

She unlocked the door and swung it open "Hi"

Mercy, he was beautiful She leaned against the door, unable to tear her gaze away The tuxedo made him look taller, shoulders even broader, and she could sne It was rich with vanilla and spice and perfect with a tuxedo

"I found your glasses," he said "I thought you ht need them back'

She couldn't bring herself to take them, was terribly afraid of what she'd feel if she touched him "I pretty much only wear my contacts now"

"I liked you in your glasses"

"They're ugly"

"They make you look brainy" His lips twisted, creases at his eyes "Not that you need glasses to look brainy You're one of the smartest women I've ever met"

Her heart ached "Thank you" Winnie shifted her weight fro?"

"The Faith Foundation's Charity Ball"

"I thought you hated those things"

His s "I do, but I'm cosponsor This is the event each year I have to attend"

"Well, you look incredible," she said, quickly taking the glasses froers didn't brush "If that's any consolation"