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“Do you want me to let you walk away?” he asks softly.

“Yes,” I lie.

The muscle in Emmett’s jaw flexes as he clenches his teeth together. He says nothing as I walk out the door, but I hear a crash come from his room just seconds after it shuts behind me.

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“Or because I’m as disposable to you as the rest of them?” It’s my worst fear, finally voiced aloud: that I am simply one in a long line of Emmett De Vere’s girls. Another naive debutante who fell under his spell and let him make me believe I was special

“Accuse me of anything you wish—you’re right, I’ve ruined everything—but don’t accuse me of indifference.”

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“He lets out a long breath. “Then you know I only did it because... because I believed you to be dead. You have to believe me. I never would have done this if I thought you were still alive. I would have clung to the hope of you until my dying breath.”

“That’s not fair. You were always going to move on, and you should have, that’s your right.”

“That’s not true,” Emmett says.”

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Lydia’s face is red and pinched with fury. “You married her!” she screams, and Emmett flinches. “You promised me you’d never make a bargain, and then you went and made the worst possible one.”

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“The life we’re supposed to have together.” Then she crushes her mouth to his. Emmett stiffens and then, as if giving up on some internal battle, he melts and kisses her back.

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“My, Ivy, this is hardly the time to be seducing me.” His voice is weak, though, and my heart hurts to see him trying to thaw the ice between us after the last disastrous few days

“Because you need to not be naked while we’re having this conversation and I assume that’s where you keep your shirts.”

“That’s not fair.” A hint of humor sneaks into his voice. “I’m only half-naked.”

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“I’m sober now, though my head is still swimming with thoughts of Ivy. Her mouth. Her hair. The way her chest rises and falls. But I’m basically always thinking about Ivy, so it’s really not too far off my default state. Yes, I want her. But I always want her.”

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“I’ve been sleeping on the floor in front of her room every night,” I confess. “I don’t trust anyone in this castle.”

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“I want nothing but you.” His voice is low, nearly a growl. “Every moment I am awake, there you are, in my head. Even in sleep, there is no relief. Visions of you torment me in dreams. It’s nothing but you, you, you.”

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“Emmett gives an abbreviated little breath. His eyes rake down my body to all the places my silk nightdress now sticks to every curve of me. Then he wraps me in his arms, and he’s kissing me. His lips collide with mine with bruising pressure. His tongue slides into the gap between my teeth and he holds me against his body so tightly, I don’t think there is a single space where we are not touching”
REUNION