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IVY
My eyes met his disparagingly, completely without fear. “Punish me? That’s a good one. If anyone needs to be penalized it’s you.”
His words contained a strong suggestion of reproach, “Is that what you’ve been up to, then? Chastising me for my sins?” He shut the door to his office solidly behind him.
Much to my mortification, I burst into tears, rocking back and forth. I was tired of this man shaking my world up like a snow globe.
I’d be better off if I’d never met him.
And I felt weird.
As if that wasn’t enough, Rupert got on his knees before me, resting his forehead on my legs.
His voice was muffled and cracked with emotion, “Don’t you understand, Ivy? Better to live through the agony of missing you every second I’m without you, than allowing anything bad happen to you!”
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