CHAPTER 71

"I can't believe this! So you're trying to excuse yourself by pretending that you had no choice?" Sam is gravely amused.

"No, I'm not making any excuses! The last thing I wanted in my life was hurting you, and you know that perfectly well."

"No, I don't think I know." She shakes her head in denial. "And you've succeeded to hurt me, just so you know, Kira. And I'll never forgive you for this."

"Sam," I breathe, "I'll understand if you decide to do so. But truly, I'm really sorry."

"With that face of yours, everyone thinks you're a saint," Sam snarls with a fine deliberate to hurt me, which works perfectly. "The nice one." She twirls around me. "The good one . . . Always the loved one." Now she stops moving.

"Sam, that's not true." I wipe off the fallen drop.

"And of course I'm the bad one, right? So tell me, Kira, how did you seduce him?" she mockingly asks. "How were his kisses like?" she adds, and I swallow the anger t