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"I’ies went, it sucked

In his silence, she continued with a defensive, "You and I both know our relationship wasn’t going anywhere"

Finally, his response cah time to cheat on me With Rocco"

Jill’s eyes widened at the barely repressed fury in his voice He’d never spoken to her like that before, had never been the kind of man who raised his voice to otten where he was by working hard and being smart and reasonable, with some Sullivan charm thrown in when he needed it

"Look," she said with an irritated sigh as if he was to blaood for a while, but if we’d really been in love ould be married by now"

He raised an eyebrow and called her on it "You knoanted to get married"

She shook her head "If you really wanted to marry me, you would have swept me off my feet and I wouldn’t have been able to resist But you were always so busy with your brothers and sisters, always helping yourhonest, she said, "I tried to love you, Marcus I really did But I want so I want someone who puts me first" Her eyes lit as she said, "I hat I have with Rocco Not to sit by your side and wear pearls at your winery events And not to always be last place in your life"

Marcus stared at the woman he’d assumed would be his wife, the iven her was still on her neck It was the only thing she’d had on while she’d been screwing another man

He wanted to rip the pearls off Jill’s neck and watch them scatter all over the floor

Instead, he said, "I’ll send s next week She’ll contact you to arrange a convenient tier pointed at his chest, her robe gaping open across her chest

He’d once loved her brsts, thought they were just as classically beautiful as the rest of her Now, they did nothing for hi

"This is why I can’t be with you Where are your emotions? Where is your passion? I swear you care rapes than you do for me And I sure as hell know you care more about your brothers and sisters than me This is your chance, Marcus! Don’t you see, if you leave now, if you can’t tell me that you’ll at least try to put me first, you’ll lose er, despite his fury at her cheating, he didn’t want to fight for Jill