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“You work miracles” He looked around the newly re for you…but respect”

She exhaled His words were balm to her

But she kne the world truly worked Her spine snapped straight

“Reputations are destroyed by affairs like this No one would ever hire ain”

“Why would you ever leave me?” He lifted a dark eyebrow “No woman ever wants to leave”

He spoke the words as a joke, but Louisa knew they were true She also knew that she couldn’t possibly remain his housekeeper as his discarded iven hih—it had forced her to flee to Istanbul

She was still able to work for hiave herself to him completely, if she admitted that she was in love with him, she knew she’d never recover fro for hi him move on to another woman

Especially if she was pregnant…

I’nant, she repeated to herself, but the words had becoht, fine She would take the test Tonight As soon as she was alone Then she would know for sure that she had nothing to fear Or else she’d have so news for Rafael Cruz—the heartless, ruthless, char to ainst his will

He would never forgive her He would never believe so with the Pill, that her cycle must have been thrown off by those two days of bad flu she’d had a week or two before their affair She’d given hinant He’d be furious He’d think she’d lied

Or worse: that she’d gotten pregnant on purpose to trap him Louisa had overheardcold-bloodedly to get pregnant in a stupid, selfish attempt to marry hi unintentionally trapped by his own housekeeper?

“You’re shivering,” Rafael murmured He pulled her closer into his arms “Are you cold?”

Unable to answer, she shook her head

He stroked her cheek

“Let me warm you,” he whispered