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‘You tell me,’ Ethan snarled, ‘Since you seem to know so much about it’

The tension in hiht, he surely had to snap But she wouldn’t let it go She couldn’t let it go If she couldn’t reach out now and touch hiuns blazing ‘If a gang of thugs attacked you it’s nothing to be ashamed of’

‘Ashamed?’ Ethan roared, exactly as she’d hoped ‘You think I’m ashamed?’

His fury filled the rooh it ‘What am I supposed to think if you won’t tell me?’

‘May I suggest you don’t think about it at all, since it’s no concern of yours?’

Savannah’s heart was haht of what she’d started, but if Ethan held back now there was no hope for hi to each other’ She could see the black void in Ethan, but stubbornly she kept right on blundering towards it ‘If you can’t trust me’

He was already reaching for his shirt ‘Get dressed,’ he said, tossing her clothes onto the bed He couldn’t wait to leave her She’d gone too far

Savannah dressed quickly, deter half-fastened and hanging off her shoulders she raced to the door Pressing her back against it, she barred his way ‘Tell , Ethan I won’t move until you do’

He looked down at her froht choose to flick out of his way She braced herself against the look in his eyes, and against the knowledge that Ethan could always use the si her out of his way His expression assured her he had considered that, but to her immense relief he eased back Several seconds passed while they

‘A gang of men attacked me with baseball bats When I was unconscious they cutout a shopping list ‘Are you satisfied, Savannah?’

‘Not nearly’ She felt so sick she could hardly stand ‘Why did they do that?’ she demanded

‘Don’t push it’

‘Why?’

‘I don’t talk about this—not to you, not to anyone’

He held her gaze, unblinking, until she was forced to look away