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"I did not and will not ever forget about you I was co to visitI know your ht we’d have h time to talk"

"I don’t want to talk to you anyhed and sat back on the bench seat He turned his head and stared at the frozen city that surrounded thean

"Stop," she said "I told you I’d be pissed if you ever talked to nore the ht now"

"I would never speak to you like a child Even when you’re acting like one"

Eleanor couldn’t meet his eyes when she asked the question she didn’t want to ask

"Did you have sex with her?"

"Did you have sex with Lachlan?"

"That’s none of your business I’irlfriend"

"But it’s your concern what I did tonight?"

"You’re a priest You have vows--"

"Vows you’ve been trying to get me to break with you for months"

"That’s different"

"How so?"

"Because it’s uished "Because you promised"

Tears ran down her face, tears of jealousy and shaue with him, but couldn’t So instead she pulled off his coat, threw it at his for warhed as he folded his coat and placed it on the seat next to hinized they were on the road back to Wakefield She wanted to ask hi, ould happen to his Ducati back at that house and a million other questions But instead she punished hi a word to each other She could tell he waited for her to speak Fine He could wait all da to say another word to hiain She felt her resolve to hate hi

"Little One, I didn’t have sex with her," he said softly "And you have a very large bite mark on your neck If he hurt you in a way you didn’t like, I need you to tell me"

"No," she whispered and met his eyes for one second "I liked it"

"I see," he said and she thought she heard so like pain

"Jealous?" she asked

"Yes"