No Mercy, No Forgiveness

Chapter 143

But Maureen looked up, confused by his words.

Their first real embrace happened years earlier, when he’d rushed through rain–soaked darkness to comfort her after school bullies.

How could he promise it wouldn’t happen again?

She mumbled into his shirt, “That’s when I fell for you. So much.”

Though her words confessed love, Geoffrey sensed something amiss.

When they married, he’d been certain of her love. Now

How did I start liking myself back then?

His confusion remained unresolved when Maureen added, “I thought you were truly wonderful then. I always felt I wasn’t good enough for you, never imagining I’d marry you someday.”

Geoffrey’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly.

He hadn’t expected to marry this kid either.

When he first met her at ten, she was thin and small, yet wore the brightest smile.

“We can start over now.

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Almost involuntarily, Geoffrey murmured.

Maureen gazed deeply into his eyes. “Can we really start over?”

During her time abroad, she’d often dream of Geoffrey regretting everything–begging her to come home, promising to treat her right. Each awakening left her with empty dreams.

Before Geoffrey could respond, the doorbell chimed–room service delivering dinner.

Over the meal, their conversation drifted apart from the topic.

That night, lying together in darkness, Geoffrey naturally pulled her close, whispering,

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“Reenie.”

aid,

where to go. When she opened her eyes, Geoffrey was gone. Outside, daylight streamed in as wind

her

noticed her overseas assistant

standing tall beneath a banyan tree. Dressed in

realized he held two

Bun Platter–the Small Town specialty Geoffrey once wouldn’t have

“Morning. I got breakfast.”

softened as he looked at her. “You said you liked the food here, didn’t

five years searching for Maureen, he’d occasionally reread their old

her messages shift from lengthy shares

to

Geoffrey suddenly stopped and looked at her: “Did you

stared at him

how you used to insist on

out to take Geoffrey’s hand before

set down his breakfast,

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they were sharing the most intimate act, he

accept this,

tried to push him away, but he gripped

her teeth into Geoffrey’s lip until the metallic sweetness of blood filled her

heavily, cradling her face with his large hands. “Look at

gaze to his bleeding lip–a seductive

“Geoff.”

wasn’t the girl who used to

of his eyes reddening as he swept Maureen into his

placed her on

“Say it!”

couldn’t fathom his sudden shifts–gentle one moment, volatile

“Geoff!”