Benita glared at him, doubting every word he said, and Karen heaved sharply.
"Fine, if you don't trust me, then there's nothing I can do," he told her.
"Because you're not making it easy to believe you," Benita replied, tired of arguing.
"Vienna is nothing to me anymore. I wouldn't risk what we have between us for her," Karen said and pulled Benita into another hug, to which she relaxed in his arms.
"I love you," he whispered to her, and Benita smiled.
"I love you too," she responded, although she was sure she didn't mean that.
All she wanted was to be on the winning side, and since that was Karen, then she had to love him, and he must also love her, without any distraction from anyone else.
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