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His brows rose “Do you?”

For a split second, the coldness in her blood faded to waruy She knew that man still existed in hi that didn’t make what he’d done acceptable Far from it “Yes, I know”

He looked to his boots, then asked through half-lidded eyes, “Do you forgive me?”

Have I?

She didn’t know, exactly—not truly Could one ever forgive violence? “I have accepted it I know you were drunk and that you acted differently because of it”

“If you know that”—he squared his shoulders, fir me out?”

“Because we can’t ever go back” She mirrored his posture She would not look rattled “I can’t ever trust you again What kind of relationship would that be?”

“But we could try,” he iet help fro out his chest “We have history—and not all bad history, either” Ella stepped back at his aggressive stance, and Rory’s eyes widened before he sighed “Fuck, I don’t kno to fix this”

“There is nothing to fix,” she said with a tre that fire in his eyes “I’ve moved on”

“Moved on how?” His lips pressed into a gri? Does he know that you’re married?”

“I’d be divorced if either you’d sign the uncontested divorce papers or your lawyer stopped dragging his feet,” she replied, cautious of his everysecond She forced her voice to sound fir anyone is any of your business”

“You are not rowl

He had taken a step forward and Ella sideswiped hio hoain, I’ll call the police to arrest you”

“You need to forgiveat the MGM Grand I’ll be there until Wednesday night We need to fix this”

She held his