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“You don’t trust anyone with your heart?”

The question was so smooth and gentle Chloe was taken aback. She answered sadly as if to herself. “No.”

“I had a very bleak childhood.” Gabriel empathized with her. “All I could ever think was run, run, run, but I stayed for my mother’s sake.”

Chloe was stunned by the revelation. “Gabriel, I’m so sorry.” A tremendous sympathy flowered from her body.

“Gracious lady.” His voice sounded both tender and a little scathing. He glanced at her. How beautiful. He had craved beauty all his life, yet something about her made his heart throb painfully. It had from that very first day when she walked into his office. “No need to be, Chloe.” He spoke dismissively. “It might have been a struggle, but it made me tough.” His rugged face was dark and shadowed. “I know the toughness bothers you.”

Chloe couldn’t answer. There was no way to deny it, but, tenderhearted, she sensed she had wounded him.