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Or so he told himself

“My laill be in contact,” he told her coldly Ripping his arm away, he carried his son downstairs and had tords with the bodyguard in the small apartment below

Louisa tried to follow hiuard held her back as Rafael left

When Rafael arrived at his favorite hotel tento bubble up inside him as he climbed out of the chauffeured limousine He pushed the emotion away He told himself Louisa was no decent mother, no decent woman She’d lied like all the rest

She didn’t deserve either Rafael—or their son

By the time Rafael had checked into the penthouse suite at the hotel, and their part-time nanny had arrived after his assistant’s frantic call, the baby still was crying But even after the plump, motherly Frenchwoman had come up to the suite and taken the baby tenderly in her ar He cried until his little face was red

And slowly, Rafael realized he was the liar

Louisa had made him a liar

Because he could not follow through with his threat Damn her! He could not separate his son from her No matter how she’d betrayed him, no matter if she deserved it, he could not see his son suffer without his mother

Cursing her, cursing himself, he realized he would have to allow her access to their child But their e was over, he told himself furiously It was done But as he reached for his phone to call Louisa, it rang in his hand

“I never thought you could do so like this Ever”

He frowned “Ma her voice

“Louisa called How could you take her baby froht you were!”

He ground his teeth Of course Louisa had called her! “What happened between my wife and me is no concern of yours”

“I a to tell you Come do”