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It was Caleb who'd been kicked to the ground, but Rebecca was

the one who screamed.

Caleb groaned, rolling over twice on the pavement. "Seriously?"

First a slap. Now a boot to the chest. Just my freaking luck.

"Rebecca, don't be scared. I've got you."

She was abruptly pulled into that man's arms-arms that were trying very hard to be comforting. "It's okay. I'm here now."

But instead of feeling safe, Rebecca went rigid.

She looked up and froze. That face... familiar enough to haunt her nightmares, a face she wanted to avoid at all costs. It was

Richard.

In the mess of everything lately, she'd somehow forgotten he was

out of jail.

She could still hear his voice from the last time they met twisted in fury, shouting that they were finished forever as the cops hauled him away. And now here he was, holding her close like nothing had happened, whispering reassurances?

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There was something about him-maybe it was the false concern, maybe just the smell of him-that made her feel dirty. Like she'd stepped in something rotten.

She shoved him away. "Get off me."

Richard's expression darkened. "I sat in a cell for two weeks

and didn't say a damn word. You think you're the only one who suffered? Couples fight, Rebecca. We're married-it's normal. So quit the drama."

She stared at him, baffled.

He isn't just delusional-he's delusional with confidence.

The fact that she'd once loved him? It made her want to smack

her past self across the face.

"Let me be clear," she said coldly. "We're done. Whatever mess we had? It's over. You go your way, and I'll go mine. And if you so much as look at me the wrong way again, I swear I'll press

charges."

People had started to gather, heads turning, phones out.

flushed with embarrassment.

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You're the one who hid the pregnancy and begged

the worst mistake one ever made

crimson-not from embarrassment, but from the sheer rage of knowing she'd once thought this man

but this time, Richard caught her wrist mid–air. His grip was iron. She

dragged her toward the curb, muttering to passersby, "She's my wife. She's just upset. We're working

No one stepped in.

did when the abuser used words like "wife" and "just upset." Rebecca

over.

couldn't break free, she spun

getting

of shit?" she

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tatters. He

he still hoped to use her to get back at Alistair. Blowing up

be

and

that one-that he wasn't

of his eye, trying to figure out whether this guy

was head over heels for him. Now he'd just stood up for Rebecca, and she sure

did he have

he charged in and landed a punch

Richard's jaw.

trading blows like drunk frat boys at

street, in a black sedan, Alistair let out a long,

taking over lunch duty for Caroline, Alistair had made a habit of showing up at her office every day with something homemade. Much to Julian's

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a cozy

room reading or writing until

used to

from kindergarten, they were headed home when a commotion caught her attention. "Daddy!" she cried, pointing out the window. "That's the mom of the boy who tried to steal

enough-amid the shouting, flailing, and crowd forming around them-there

she'd seen

interesting? The two men she'd just left to brawl in

street were Richard

best part? Rebecca'didn't try to break it

to

pieced things together

dollars from Liam-money that

had gotten it from Anne. Caleb must've

by now and wasn't about

what did he

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