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“Does she know about me?”

His question came as a relief And increased her tension, as well

“Yes”

“Since when?”

“She’s always known”

“You’ve spoken with her, then?”

“No”

He nodded toward the file “It’s all in a report? That she knows me?”

“I spoke to her mother, Liam”

He had to have done the math To know that his father had been unfaithful to hisso horribly with the disease that had ultimately claimed her life

The word that softly ca Most particularly in reference to his father But she didn’t blame him

“Who is she?”

“Someone he’s been in a relationship with forthe two of the them”

His steely gaze settled on Gabrielle and the skin of her face felt as though it had been touched “That account I found—it led to this?”

She nodded Using every bit of her self-control to keep her tears fro