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He turned and stared at Mariah’s front door, wondering what he should do.

Why was he here? Why hadn’t he gone home? He pushed himself forward and lightly tapped on the door. She opened it. Her soft curly hair spilled around her shoulders and her blue eyes radiated gentle concern as she looked at him. She wore the terry cloth robe she’d had on the night they made love. That night seemed as if it were a million years ago.

It was at that moment that Lucas realized he could fall in love with her, if he allowed it, and that there would be no happy ending. When this was all over, he feared that to her he would be just a bad memory.

And that she’d remember him as the man who broke her heart and never looked back.