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His mind whirled with new revelations, and he wasn’t sure how to process them yet
As soon as Trevor was out of the room and the doors were closed, Sabela approached Colin
“I’ about the letter earlier, and I can understand why you ry at me about that I suspected that my brother wrote the letter as soon as I saw it I just didn’t want to tell you that without being one hundred percent certain,” she said
“I finally know the truth That’s all that matters,” Colin said as he oing to be drinking a lot that evening
Sabela followed him He could tell that she wanted to touch hiht now
“What can I do to help?” she asked
“You can leaveto look at her
“I get that you’re h, if you really did lie to e on ? Was it all a lie?”
“I don’t knohat anything ht now I asked you to leave me alone”
She wouldn’t let it go “I have to know We need to talk about this, Colin”
He turned on his heel, and she retreated a step in surprise “There’s nothing for us to talk about This isn’t about you It’s about Blanca! Your brother’s forgery made me believe that the woman I intended to marry didn’t love otten involved, Blanca and I would be ht even have children”
It spun in his head like a tornado, wreaking havoc on his emotions “Your brother took all of that away from me, and even if it was an accident, he killed her and any faht have had with her I can’t take it all in All these years … just leave me alone”
He saw the pain in her eyes, but he couldn’t help that He was being honest, and that’s what she always said she wanted If it hurt her, then so be it
He stalked to the fireplace, took a swig of vodka straight from the decanter How could he explain to Sabela what he felt? He couldn’t Actually, he didn’t want to
He needed to get away from her before he hurt her anymore Before she hurt him anymore He needed air
“Don’t bother waiting up,” he said as he strode out of the roo the vodka with him
Chapter Forty-Five
THE TRIP BACK TO HER bedroom felt surreal
Sabela had tried Despite her hurt, she’d pushed her emotions aside and tried to reach out to hih the hurt
Despite her best efforts, Colin lashed out
She didn’t knohat, exactly, to believe about his intentions of late What she did know right now, though, was that she wasn’t welcome in his home anymore
Revealing that Blanca’s letter was a forgery had turned Colin against her Sabela wasn’t sure if she should mourn, or if she should celebrate
If Colin wasn’t serious about her, then she had nothing to stay here for The fairy tale was dead The part she played as his girlfriend was over He’d bedded her, and now they were through
She should have known better than to trust hi to him
She was going home
Sabela looked around her room uncertainly It had been a while since she’d been in it for any stretch of tihts in Colin’s room
The beautiful rooe door was open
Taking several deep breaths to calm herself down, Sabela went into the closet and found the clothes that she had worn the day she arrived at the chalet She changed into thes that were truly hers in the room In the chalet
She wasn’t going to take anything Colin had bought her, except the sketchbook She couldn’t bear to leave her sketches behind
She dug some money out of her purse and dropped it on the desk with a note, explaining it was for the sketchbook, and to bill her if what she left didn’t cover it She wanted to start the note with, Dear User Asshole, but she restrained herself
Sabela sorted through her purse and found her phone and passport She’d wear a coat to the airport then send it back to the chalet with Bruno
In less than fivethat she’d conity wouldn’t be as easy, but leaving was a good first step