“Quit lying to yourself,” Mercer jeered, his own voice laced with self-mockery.

“You’re scared of me, and I despise you.

We’re never going to work.

Nancy lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears.

“You despise me?

Why? You were the one who…”

“If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t be the person who I am now!”

Mercer’s voice boomed, his anger flushing his face a deep red.

Nancy gazed at him, feeling as if a knife twisted in her heart.

She wondered if he blamed her.

If he hadn’t tried to save her, he might have avoided all the trouble.

it her fault he

help,” Nancy said, her voice rough

glanced at her, his hands trembling with the effort to

His expression was icy.

biggest mistake of my life was saving you on a whim,” he

he stormed

usually the cheerful one,

sank to the floor, wrapped her arms around her

headed to the

burst back into their private room, startling everyone with the slam of the

snatched his coat from the couch and muttered without looking up, “Got something to take care of,

damp

you take a swim in the

back any further

he headed out, Nicolas seized his wrist, inquiring in a deep voice, “What’s going

Mercer remember

said, “Hey, Nicolas, a producer mentioned something

too loud in

Can we talk?”

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