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Chapter 1

My hands gripped the table as Priscilla left the roooing to be a bitch as soon as I had seen her and no I knew I had been right Her words kept spinning in my head, fiancée, fiancée, fiancée Brandon had a fiancée? I wanted to slapand naïve still I couldn’t believe I had actually believed he had been referencing er I wanted to laugh and to cry at the same time Idiot! I was an idiot And all I wanted to do was run out of the building and never come back

I knew as soon as he reentered the room, because the hairs on the back ofso attack He slid into the seat next to me and I felt his hand on my shoulder

“Don’t touch lared at him

“That’s a first” He raised an eyebrow at aze

“You have a fiancée” I tried to sound calm and not as if I was about to lose it

“And that’s a fact?”

“According to Priscilla, it is” I studied his face hoping to God that she had been wrong

“What did I tell you about listening to other people?” He sat back and gazed intofor the answers in the bottomless blue ocean that was his soul “Remember, Katie What did I tell you the last ti and for a ain, the man I loved, and more importantly the man who loved me As I stared into his eyes, I remembered the day he had told me to not listen to other people

“What’s wrong, poppet?” Brandon stared at , and walked over to me quickly

“Nothing,” I gulped, blowing h wet eyelashes and tried to smile “Are those for me?”

“Yes,” he nodded as he frowned “A guy was selling roses on the street so I got you soht, work has been crazy”

“It’s okay” I turned ain

“Katie, ?” He sat on the couch and pulled , I can see fro”

“Are you cheating on et the words out

“What?” He had an incredulous look on his face and I stared into his eyes to see if he looked guilty

“Are you seeing another woman?” I bit my lower lip and played with the bottom of my shirt

“What are you talking about, Katie?” He shook his head “Where is this co from?”