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Оглавление“I’m here to apologize. I didn’t realize that you...”
Veronica looked into Mike’s eyes and knew what had brought about his sudden and careful remoteness. Someone had told him about her. She regretted that it placed even more distance between them, and she was determined to put an end to it. “There’s no need to keep apologizing. My past is over. If we’re going to be crossing paths; you’ll have to start thinking of me as a regular person.”
If she’d surprised him with her bluntness, it didn’t show. She guessed there probably wasn’t much that surprised a former cop.
“All right,” he said finally. “Get in. I’ll close your door.”
Veronica couldn’t decide if that was courtesy on his part, or an eagerness to get rid of her. In any case, she drove away without a backward glance—except in her rearview mirror where Mike Delancey was perfectly framed, a tall figure standing in front of the beautiful Victorian reproduction.
He was not at all what her nicely developing future needed. Or was he?
