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

long while, she shook

She meant it.

her tighter at those words, his palm

could he truly feel Maureen still belonged to

knew the moment had come. Tilting her head up, she

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

mouth.

she kissed burned

how

with one hand,

her motives tonight, he would have

shift, Maureen whispered between breaths, “I’m nervous.

“Fine.”

her damp gaze, Geoffrey restrained

cellar, slipping

one encounter wouldn’t

would never

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

“Cheers,”

Maureen and

in one go.

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feeling a distinct burn in

get Tequia. The bottle you picked isn’t

look, Geoffrey knew Maureen had chosen a bottle with the

drink, not

“Okay.”

deliberately pour Geoffrey

within limits, not too

wary.

the amount she’d added

strong

a breath, then scooped Maureen up

nervously

“I’m sorry.”

thinking she was unwilling.

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