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"Of course! Why wouldn’t it?" Paul exchanged a quick glance with Jay, who’d set down his crab leg and watched the exchange with interest, re her" Daniel watched as Paul’s facial expression changed to one of defensiveness

"Hey! Hold on here! That was entirely innocent"

"Then why did neither of you mention it to me? Why do I have to find out fro bitch! There was nothing to it, Daniel I ot engaged But I draw the line when things get serious between a couple It’s true, I was hugging Sabrina, but I was only co?"

"Didn’t she tell you how people in the village were treating her? She was thrown out of Lisette’s lingerie store The oas downright nasty to her Sabrina was in tears All I did was try and get her out of there in one piece And of course Lindaelse You should know that she only spews venoh his hair, relieved on one hand, concerned on the other He should have anticipated that people in the village wouldn’t be kind after they’d read the article But that soo too far "Why didn’t Sabrina tell o down there and one to the shop and given the owner a piece of his ’s fine again, wanna join us for a beer and so is fine"

Both his friends stared at hi" Daniel dropped onto the bench next to Paul and put his head in his hands

"Why?" Jay asked

"She doesn’t want to ruinas the article is out there and hasn’t been retracted and exposed as a lie, she thinks she’s destroying my life and my business"

"How so?" Paul wanted to know

"Brian Caldwell ca out of the deal because of the scandal They don’t want to be associated with me anymore"

"And Sabrina knows about it?" Jay asked

"She was there when it happened" Daniel rested his chin on his hand How could he ever live without Sabrina? She was his life, his everything