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“Maybe your boyfriend regrets throwing you away”

“He didn’t throw e to be discarded

He sighed and reached for her arm to still her “Sorry I didn’t mean to be hurtful” She nodded, mollified

“I just can’t believe he’d be stupid enough to risk losing you by sleeping with someone else”

Neither could she She’d never have thought Sloan capable of cheating on her

She realized she still hadn’t asked James how he knew “You never did tell me what you heard him say or when you overheard hiood, there’s a card It’s got my address on it”

“Why don’t you give theested, his voice sounding a little strange But she couldn’t work out as bothering him That small walk from the car to her apart desperately not to show hie his mind and whisk her back to his apartment

The more time she spent around him, the harder it was to resist his char such an ass, it was all too easy to like him

Kinley handed off the flowers and opened the door with a hand that shook Crap She hoped he didn’t notice As she walked inside, a musty smell hit her She immediately went around and opened the s Shame filled her as she looked around at her studio apart in here had come froht when she ith Eddie to pay the deposit on this place Anything left had been placed directly on her credit card bill Not that it had made much of a difference

Before she did soize, she reht be crappy and cheap, especially cohtened her shoulders

“What is that damp smell?” he asked

“It’s an old building, and I think the plu system needs work” She wouldn’t tell hi when it rained He scowled but before he could say sorabbed the flowers from him and placed them on the kitchen counter then pulled out the card and opened it

“What does it say? Is he trying to apologize with flowers? Doesn’t he kno cliché that is?” She gave hiain, a little confused

“Well?” James asked impatiently He came over to read over her shoulder

“Pretty flowers for a pretty lady” He snorted “If he wanted to do simple, he could have just said, ‘I’et you to forgive hi on you?”