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“Believe what?” she asked slowly Waiting for hi he hadn’t sent Harry to escort her out of the castle, just hours after they had sex

To deny any of it All of it

So

“I was o,” he said point-blank “Or is that not what you want anymore?”

“What I want is for you to tell the truth for once in your life,” she said, digging her nails into her palms

He flexed his jaw and stared down at her “You don’t want to hear the truth No matter what I say, you’ll believe the worst ofwrong Go Leave Clearly there’s nothing worth saving here”

“I…I…” No words would co at hi him say that… It made her feel ill

It made her…made her…

Oh God

He watched her coldly, without a hint of eo fuck hiled sob escaped, and she covered her mouth in horror She hadn’t cried in almost nine years Not since he left her at the airport

She took off running, tripping over the raised sidewalk as she fled for the waiting car She stu herself, but lost her shoe in the process

Glancing over her shoulder, she saw hiht, hand outstretched to help her to her feet

“Hell,” shefor the car The second she threw herself inside it, tears strea down her face, she slao!”

The driver stepped on the gas, and she left Leo standing in the driveatching her ide eyes and an outstretched hand…

And her shoe at his feet