Chapter 48

He turned and stalked toward the door. He flung it open and caught it with one hand, turning as he stepped out.

“If you change your mind later, don’t bother to come crawling back. I think you’ve made it abundantly clear what I’m good for…where I stand in your life

And I really am done with this.”

The door slammed, and Nina’s heart shattered into tiny little pieces. She stared numbly, hoping, expecting that he’d come back and tell her they could work things out, that he understood, that he’d wait.

Minutes passed, and the sickening realization hit her that he wasn’t coming back.

Not only had she lost her reputation, and possibly her career, but she’d lost the one man she loved enough to have risked it all in the first place.

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Tuesday morning, Nina took the coward’s way out and called Evan Banks to schedule vacation time for the rest of the week. He didn’t like that she was hiding. It was no way to face the issue, but after hearing how horri