Page 28 of Reborn to Love You

Oh!

She realized too late she was still in her boss’s arms, and even worse, she had soaked his shirt with her tears.

Eep!

Payton sprang away, and well...

Her cheeks were still wet with her tears, but they were also on fire, and her boss...

No, don’t think that!

It’s not what you think.

Niccolò only looks like that because...

Because...

Payton started fanning herself. “I think someone turned the A/C off. D-Don’t you think so?”

But her boss, though...

“Enough with the lies,” he said tautly. “Something’s clearly wrong.”

“N-Nothing’s wrong—”

“Stop lying to me, Payton.”

“I’m n-not lying.”

“You just burst into tears for no reason,” he bit out, “and you want me to believe—”

“It w-wasn’t for no reason.”

She had gotten him killed, and now he was alive again. How could she not cry over that?

“Then tell me why—”

“It’s because of you, okay?” The words just flew out of her. “I’m crying because of you, and I...I don’t want to cry again because of you, so just stop—”

No. No. No.

Payton finally noticed the way he was looking at her. “M-Mr. de Vindice—”

“You’ve figured it out, haven’t you?”

Pain was haunting his gaze again.

“My feelings for you,” he bit out. “You’ve figured it out. Haven’t you?”

Because she had hurt him.

Again and again.

She kept causing this man pain.

And now—

Payton swallowed hard. “I...”