Chapter 301

Only one man could literally stop her heart as she walked into the hotel bar and saw him sitting there. Only one man she’d actually have done this for—whether it made her brave or stupid that when he’d called her and asked that they might meet, she’d agreed.

For closure.

closure for him as much as for her.

‘Thank you.’ It was impossible to look him in the eye when he greeted her—impossible, because if she did, she’d start crying. "Thank you for coming."

‘It’s fine.’ She’d insisted they meet in the bar, unable to face his office. I’m sorry it’s so public. I just couldn’t face the...

She couldn’t even say it—she couldn't stand to go back to the office where it had all happened.

Elmo understood. "I know how you feel."

"I know you do." She gave a tight smile, because he must—because she didn’t actually know how he did it, how he sat in the same office not just where Gilberto had been so vile but where he’d fought so bitterly with Elpido.

why he put himself through it.

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