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ith the force of a physic
like I'd been plunged into an ice bath. The sw
showed no emotion, as if she were merely dec
g myself to remain calm. "Is
His mind is entirely on the NCAA Frozen Four. He has no time for these things.
he realization was a
g more gentle, yet far more lethal, "ending this relation
at I was to them. A bu
all dissolved into a cold numbness. I did
ady it surprised even me.
ompliance. She leaned back in her
eacup. "I expect you to handle it
e sound of a car engine and voices
and his father, Preston Ca
ature and composed than he did on campus. When he s
g man, merely glanced at me as if I w
kissing her husband on the
t second before he looked away. No g
ct family portrait. And I was the unwelco
ty, "since Christian is back, why don't you join us for di
of someone besto
ke a trapped animal, waiting
le was laden with exquisite food, bu
w tones about some charity gala,
e, not looking at me once,
wn, wishing I cou
tian with a light, casual tone. "Christian
eaped into
knife paus
er, but at me. A familiar, mo
le to hear. "She got a cat. Guess she needed something to fill the time. Y
second, his jaw tightened, as if he hadn't meant them t
oned dart, stabbing s
dith exchanged a
d just slapped me across the
he humiliate me like thi
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