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Finally—she’d said it. There was nothing between them. There couldn’t be, not now—not ever…

He came around the desk and stood in front of her. “What did you think I was going to do?”

“I’m sorry,” she breathed.

He narrowed his gaze, then without warning reached out and cupped her chin. He ignored the way she flinched at the contact as his fingers pressed against her skin. “What in the hell happened to you to make you like this?”

Sara drew back, tried to absorb the pain that came with his words. “Who do you think you are?” she whispered.

He leaned toward her, coming so close that she felt his breath brush her face when he spoke. “Someone who can’t understand where all this anger is coming from, or why you’ve decided to cut off your life for your daughter.” He paused, then said softly, “But then again, I don’t know you, do I? I don’t understand.”

“No, you don’t,” she said, hating the way her voice was shaking.

She expected him to turn and walk away. But he didn’t.

Instead, he looked right at her and said in a low, tense voice, “But I want to…understand.”