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And I worked.
At some point, multiple days after Morgan’s departure, I heard the front door open.
“Don’t bring Indian anymore,” I called to Elsie. Like so many things, it reminded me too much of Morgan. If I was going to survive this, I couldn’t suffer any additional reminders of her gorgeous smile, of the way she felt curled against my chest, of the adoring way she looked up at me with those warm honey eyes. “No peaches or honey either.”
A loud bang came from my office door. I twisted in my chair and found not Elsie, but Jasper standing there, fist outstretched to the wood to alert me to his unwanted presence.
“You look like shit,” he said. “And you stink.”
“Good to see you, too.” My voice came out hoarse. When had I last drank water? Too long ago, it seemed.
“Sebastian worked the details out with the lawyers to fix the issue with your shares.”
I’d nearly forgotten that I was supposed to lose my company, which was funny, given I’d spent all of my time trying to fix the company’s issues.
“I’ll have to thank him for that,” I said.
“Yeah, you should.”
I looked at my brother and really saw him for the first time.
It was just like Morgan had said. Both Jasper and Sebastian had been coming to our gatheringsfor me.They didn’t have to do it out of obligation. They wanted me to have my shares, and perhaps they wanted an actual relationship.
They deserved better than the way I’d treated them. So did Morgan.
“What happened to you? It’s that woman, isn’t it?” Jasper asked. “The one all over the news?”
“She left.”
He scanned my expression and frowned at what he saw. “It’s a lot—the press. You ran from it, and it’s your life. You should cut her some slack.”
“She didn’t run from them. She ran from me.” Even talking about her made the wound feel fresh.
“Did you deserve it?” he asked.
“Of course I did.” I’d gone over it repeatedly in my mind. I should have told her that I loved her. I should have waited until she returned to the hotel before calling the police. I should have tried to explain that I hadn’t remembered the financial hold I’d placed on Carrington Media’s resources, and that I’d placed that hold before we’d met. “But that doesn’t change the fact that she left.”
“So your plan is to brood in the dark?”
“And work.” I nodded toward my laptop where I had been making exceptional progress on my audit of all company resources and reports.
Jasper threw open the curtains. “That’s a terrible way to win her back.”
The sunlight was blinding. I hissed like a vampire and shielded my eyes.
“I can’t,” I said.
“Why not? You’re the one who never gives up on anything. You fight for the legacy of the father who neglected you. You fight tobebetter than he was. And you are. You’re also a relentless bastard.”
I gritted my teeth. “She left.”
“So what?”
Did he not understand what that meant? “I love her. I trusted her and she abandoned me.”
“You love her. That’s even more reason to get it together. Did you tell her how you feel?”
“No.”
