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Her face is completely serene. “And you think all of that because you found out how much I make? You’re just like them.”
I frown. “Like who?”
“Like my mom, like David.”
I flinch because if she’d slapped me, it would have been less of an insult. “I’m not like your fucking ex-husband. I’m not trying to live off you. It’s the opposite.”
“Oh, I know that. Trust me, you’ve made that clear in that you’re breaking things off because you’re afraid people will think you’re after my money.”
Breaking things off?I wasn’t trying to do that. Then what else? Where the fuck was I going with this? And that’s when I hear it, the clock is ticking on our last seconds. Because maybe I didn’t know this is where I was going, but I headed straight there.
“You know why you’re just like them? Because since you found out how much I make, I’m not a woman to you. I’m a dollar sign. One that reminds you of what you don’t have, so you want no part of it...”
Pain breaks out in my chest, in my heart, in my ego. Everywhere. She’s wrong. So so wrong. She’s still a woman. The only woman, but I don’t think I can get her to understand where I’m coming from. I need to try.
“Saona—"
“…And since you want no part of me, I don’t need any part of you.”
It’s a knockout punch, one that causes pain to blow through my body, has me rearing back, and lands me helpless and paralyzed to respond.
She knows exactly how to tear a man to pieces.
