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Instead, he turned his back on me and walked to the door I had to restrainout to him When he opened the door, he hesitated for just a moment, then said quietly, “I’m sorry ”

He never looked back before walking out of my house and out of my life

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Blinking hard, I try to dispel the sad memories as I stare at my co anything to eat, so I need to run out The only problee on and choke down ly full the last feeeks

The phone on s and I pick it up I’ cool to say as usual, so I just answer, “This is Sutton ”

“Of course it’s Sutton,” Minnie says with exasperation “I dialed your extension ”

Yeah, Minnie has had enough ofaround, I can tell So, I make my voice just a bit more cheerful “Sorry What’s up?”

“You have a hockey god out here to see you ”

My pulse flutters wildly at the prospect that Alex has co dohen she says, “A Mr Garrett Saot some time for him ”

Letting out a pent-up breath of disappointht out ”

“It’s uncanny, really,” Garrett says as he takes a huge bite of pizza and gazes at me across the table

“What’s that?” I say, fiddling withno effort to take a bite Garrett’s visit was a coet a bite to eat, so we came to this local pizza joint just a few blocks from my office

“That ‘someone kickedthese days It sort of brings me down ”

Glaring at hi your mood ”

He shrugs his shoulders and grins at me “Just sayin’ ”

“Why are you here, Garrett?” I ask tiredly

Setting his slice of pizza down and wiping his hands with his napkin, he leans across the table, resting his forearms on the cracked Formica top “Because I’m worried about Alex He won’t tell me what happened, just that you broke up ”

“That’s true enough Well, he broke up with me I didn’t seem to have a say-so in it ” My words are brittle and I can’t even bring hten the mood

“Well, he made a mistake,” Garrett says as he sits back and picks up his pizza

“Then why aren’t you having this conversation with him?”

“I intend to,” he says with a wicked s he’d have to do to win you over ”

I blink in surprise, because surely there is no way in hell that Alex Crossrovel to a worovel I don’t find that attractive

What I would kill for, though, is for hi us go—rong I’d be happy with a few si

“He doesn’t have to grovel,” I voice hts out loud “I’m not that type of woman ”

“Glad to know it,” he says around a mouth full of food

“It’s moot anyway Alex doesn’t believe this was a mistake He believes he needed to do this for the benefit of his career ”