Seeing her return, he didn’t look up, kept turning pages, but his mind. was already elsewhere.

Maureen walked step by step to stand before him.

“I’m back, saw the flowers outside, they’re beautiful.”

She’d seen the flowers that morning, only saying it now to flatter him at the right time.

Geoffrey closed the book, looked up slightly, his handsome face facing Maureen: “Mm.”

His voice was magnetic, but his eyes were full of mixed feelings.

Maureen sensed something was wrong with him, but didn’t know what was the matter.

“I passed a nice Japanese place on the way back, got you some.”

She placed the takeout bag on the coffee table.

Geoffrey rarely ate late–night snacks, but she figured it was worth a shot.

True to form, he pushed it away. “Not hungry.”

His voice was flat, yet felt like cotton stuffed in his chest.

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Only he knew why-

his mother’s phone call, Maureen’s child with another man!

“Alright then, I’ll wash up and rest.”

Maureen turned toward the stairs when his hand clamped around her

wrist.

She froze, meeting his questioning gaze as he asked, each word deliberate.

“Did my child really die at birth?”

For the first time, pain etched Geoffrey’s features.

The lie stuck in her throat, impossible to voice.

When she stayed silent, he stood and pulled her into his arms.

hate me

stiffly in his

long while, she shook her head. “I

She meant it.

her tighter at those words, his palm

now could he truly feel Maureen

the moment had come. Tilting her head

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tiptoe and let her lips land on his Adam’s apple

mouth.

spot she kissed burned like

how strong his self–control,

one hand,

tonight,

his shift, Maureen whispered between breaths, “I’m

“Fine.”

her damp gaze, Geoffrey

liquor from the cellar, slipping the drug Katherine provided into Geoffrey’s

wouldn’t suffice–she needed to collect his

Geoffrey would never

she handed it to him. To set his mind at ease, Maureen also poured herself a

“Cheers,”

Maureen and drank

in one go.

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feeling a distinct

Tequia. The bottle you

had chosen a bottle with the

low–alcohol drink, not

“Okay.”

didn’t deliberately pour Geoffrey

had to keep it within

wary.

amount she’d added earlier

glass of strong liquor downed without his face

then scooped

the way, Maureen nervously clutched his clothes and

“I’m sorry.”

paused, thinking she

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