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He paced in a tight back and forth at the end of her bed. ‘She’s...cunning.’
‘You mean she’s good at getting men to do what she wants, you included?’
‘No. I told you, we’re over. We’ve been over for a very long time.’
‘There’s a newspaper photo and article that says something very different. And don’t tell me the picture is false because I recognised the decorator’s scaffolding still on the south wall.’
He let out an exasperated breath. ‘It wasn’t false. She was at the villa two days ago.’
She’d thought the picture that had torn the bottom out of her world had done all the damage she could sustain. She was wrong.
His words sapped the last strength from her legs. Ramon caught her as she swayed. She fought him as he carried her over to the bed.
‘Madre de Dios, stop this!’
‘No. What about you neglecting to tell me she was the one who did the appalling redecoration? Or that she was pregnant with your baby, too? You know what? I don’t want to do this. Just...just get out of my house!’
‘She’s lying, Suki. There was never a baby. And I’m not going anywhere. Not until you hear me out.’
Sitting down, he imprisoned her in his lap. Suki sat stiffly, her every cell fighting not to be consumed once again.
‘Think about it rationally. You lived in Cienfuegos for almost two months. In that time, did you ever spot a paparazzo there?’
Her mouth tightened but it was clear he wasn’t going to carry on until he had an answer. ‘No, but—’
‘So, why would they suddenly show up, if they hadn’t been fed that information?’
‘Ramon. It doesn’t matter—’
His hand tightened on her hip. ‘It matters because she orchestrated it all from start to finish.’
‘Because she wants you back that badly?’
He gave a very masculine, very arrogant shrug.
‘But that picture. It was...’
‘Nothing. Less than nothing,’ he insisted.
‘Was...was that your shirt she was wearing?’
‘I didn’t stop to check. It’s probably one she took from when we were together. Mario alerted me that there was someone on the premises insisting on seeing me. She launched herself at me out of nowhere.’
Suki shook her head, unable to stop the tears that brimmed her eyes. With another pithy curse, he took her face in his hands, tilted it up to his.
‘Don’t do this to yourself, mi amor. Can’t you see she’s not worth it?’ he demanded raggedly.
A wet sob bubbled up from her chest. ‘I can’t get that picture out of my mind.’
‘Try. She cheated on me, Suki. But even if she hadn’t I doubt that we would’ve made it to the altar.’
She wasn’t going to hope.
She wasn’t going to hope.
She...
Oh, hell. Hope bloomed bright and strong. ‘You wouldn’t?’
