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“I don’t know,” Jack replied.
Her eyes flew open. “You don’t know? What the hell kind of answer is that?”
“If I could have made it go away—”
“You fucked your secretary,” she ground out quietly so no one could hear, but it was laced with immense frustration.
Jack stiffened. “Yes. And I fucking regret it, okay? How long are you going to make me suffer, Amelia?”
Their breathing was labored as they sat staring at her.
“Why? Tell me why you did it,” she demanded, and he glanced away angrily.
“Because I’m a man. I don’t fucking know. My wife and I had divorced and... fuck, Amelia. I hadn’t slept with anyone for over two years. Well, that’s not true. I slept with one woman. But after that, being a senator and taking the risk was just too difficult.”
For two years? That was interesting, but it didn’t answer her question.
“But fucking Cindy wasn’t taking a risk?”
He turned and glared at her. “She came on tome.As hard as that might be to believe, we were working late, the attraction was there, and I’d had far too many drinks.”
Amelia raised her brows. That was his excuse? He was drunk. Jesus Christ. She had been wrong about him. Jack was not the man she thought he was.
This defensive reaction was sending out major red flags.
“So, if I married you and some girl—”
“Stop. Don’t do that. I didn’t cheat on you, Amelia. You are making this into a much bigger thing. I breached the rules of the office, and my reputation has been tarnished for it,” Jack snapped. “The only thing I did to you was not tell you. I’ve said I’m sorry.”
Clenching her teeth, she held back all the things she wanted to say. But her anger was bubbling up, and it was time to admit what she already knew.
She could never trust him.
He didn’t seem to be sorry, nor was he trying to understand her point of view.
She rustled around behind her for bag and climbed to her feet.
“Where are you going?” Jack asked, glancing up at her in surprise and then standing with her.
“Home. For a walk. I don’t care,” she snapped. “I can’t do this, Jack.”
He went to take her arm, and she stepped away.
“No. Don’t. This isn’t going to work. I can’t trust you,” Amelia said, shaking her head. “I’m sorry, Jack.”
“Amelia, stop.”
“No, you stop. Stop pushing this when it’s already over. You lied. You deceived me. That’s not love. And you are making out that I’m the one being unreasonable.” She ground out, trying to keep their altercation private. “Don’t follow me. It’s over.”
She took a step away as his beautiful, angry face cracked, and she saw pain fill his eyes as he realized this was the end.
“Amelia,” he begged softly.
She shook her head and then, with one last glance, turned and walked away.
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TWO HOURS LATER, AMELIAstrode back into the hotel. She’d walked back down past the aquarium at the far end of Waikiki and around the park, then down past the Ala Wai Canal.
