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The sad look in his eyes made my chest ache "Does she knohat you do?"

"Yes"

I arched an eyebrow "You told her who you work for but not your faht about my words and shifted in his seat "She won’t tell the to all of the"

"To Trent as well?"

"He knoere seeing each other He thinks ere keeping it a secret from him because of the way he felt about Camille He still doesn’t know about the Bureau"

"Do you trust her not to tell him?"

"Yes," he said without hesitation "I asked her to keep quiet about the fact that ere dating For months, no one knew but her roommate and a few of her coworkers"

"It’s true, isn’t it? You didn’t want your brother to know you had stolen her," I said, susted ather for information She would have had to lie It would have just s more difficult than they already were"

"She had to lie anyway"

"I know It was stupid I acted on a te more I put everyone in a bad position I was a selfish dick But I did…I do…love her Trust , isn’t she?"

"Yeah," he said, twisting his napkin

"With Trent"

"They’re still together They live together"

"Oh," I said, surprised "And that has nothing to do hy you want o"

"You don’t?"

"Not because I’etting at They love each other She’s in my past"

"Is she?" I asked before I could stoptime "Why?"

I sed That is the real question, isn’t it? Why do I want to know? I clearednervously "I don’t knohy I just want to know"

He breathed a laugh and looked down "You can love so to be with them Just like you can want to be with someone before you love them"

He looked up at me, a spark in his eye

Fro next to our table, waiting with Tessa, who had a tray in her hand

Thomas didn’t look away from me, and I couldn’t look away from him

"Can I, uh…excuse me," Sawyer said

I blinked a few times and looked up "Oh Yes, sorry" I stood to let hi not to shrink under Tho stare

Tessa placed the appetizers on the table along with three slass, the darkinside, but I put lass to his lips, and an aard silence hung over the table while the rest of the restaurant humhter

"Did you tell her about Camille?" Sawyer asked

The hairs on the back of ulped the last of the red liquid in lass