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Showing a simple smile, Tulsi laid a gentle hand on his cheek. After just a second, she left him to go around to the trunk. Popping it open, she unzipped her bag to learn he’d been honest about putting money in there.
“Not so long ago?” Wreck’s question made her look up to see him approaching the back wing of the car. “Fall out of love with me in a day?”
A whole day hadn’t passed since his betrayal. “Maybe… Not like you would know how easy it is to fall out of love. You’ve never fallen into it.”
Leaning over to snag her wrist from inside the bag, he dragged her across to stand in front of him.
Snatching her head in both hands, he bent to align their eyes. “You don’t want me to love you.”
She exhaled a laugh. “There was a time that was all I wanted.”
“If your crazy plan works… I
