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She froze, facing the door

“Why did you leave?”

Her hands rested on the door at her shoulders’ level Her head fell; her forehead touched the wood The question she had feared to hear for the last twenty-four months The answer too painful to be uttered aloud

She exhaled lengthy “I had to move on” She whispered in a weak voice “Ours an impossible situation” Not a lie, not the entire truth either Not the most important part of it

“True enough” He had come closer

She turned abruptly and saw him just a couple of feet away Their eyes ht

“You wanted to seek a ather” His smooth tone tasted like poison

She could not blaer It hurt sharp that he would judge her

“You can think whatever you want”

He paced nearer “Indeed” He envied and despised her for being able to receive another uts tith jealousy at the thought that another ether, his i at his hands’ reach

“Has it been worth it?” He neared, co inches from her She could set how he smelled in a million years

She extended her arm to open the door and leave, he moved quicker He shut it back and pal her head Her heart juh parted lips

Hugh looked at her Teony

In a way it had been worth it, she thought about his question Now she had the means to help other women ere in the same situation she had been before “Yes” She whispered

Anger, jealousy and desire dowith anotherhim! He lost hold of himself He leaned all his body on hers and bent his head to plunder her mouth