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promise.”
A sinking feeling centered in the pit of her stomach. She’d given up everything she’d worked so hard to build with Bailey for Sachin to continue with his same old game. What was she thinking?
She pressed against him. “I have to go. I need space. Time to think.”
His lips formed a thin line. “Time to go to him?”
“He deserves an explanation.”
“And what will you tell him? Will you tell him that you offered yourself to me, practically begging me to take your innocence? That the minute I came back into your life, you surrendered to me, allowing me to fuck you against a wall, in public, for all to see?”
“I wish you had stayed gone!” Beyond hurt by Sachin’s words, Paige blinked back tears and shoved him as hard as she could. She suspected he moved back on his own because she was nowhere near strong enough to move him.
She walked away as fast as her heels would take her, refusing to look at him.
Chapter Eleven
Paige went to the door thinking the knocking in the middle of the night was from Sachin. When she opened it to find Bailey standing there, her heart sank. He looked tired, his eyes were red and his hair was a mess.
“Can I come in?” he asked.
Sarah was a light sleeper and Paige didn’t want to wake her. She grabbed a blanket from the edge of the chair and wrapped it around herself like a shawl. “I’ll come out.”
Bailey stepped back, letting her pass.
The cold porch stung her bare feet. “I tried to call you.”
“I know. I wasn’t ready to talk just yet.”
She eyed him closely. “But you are now?”
Nodding, he sat on the railing of the porch. “How much do you know about this guy, Paige?”
Fear slammed through her. “Why? Did something happen to him?”
“I didn’t shoot him if that’s what you’re asking. I thought about it.” Bailey let out a low whistle. “A lot. But I didn’t. I also didn’t find any records of him existing.”
“You ran a check on him?” she asked, unable to believe her ears.
Bailey shrugged nonchalantly. “Someone has to watch out for you, Paige.” He appeared nervous. “There is something I found though, some talk around town, involving your mysterious lover ,” he said the word with venom. “He’s been seen in the area before, around the time of your mother’s death.”
She grabbed hold of the edge of the railing to keep from falling as Bailey’s unvoiced accusations struck her head-on. “Sachin had nothing to do with Hank murdering my mother.”
“But did he have something to do with Hank’s death?”
She wanted to lie eloquently but Bailey knew her too well. She kept her eyes cast downward. “No.”
“Paige, you can tell me. Was it self defense?”
She couldn’t answer him. To do so would lead to too many questions for Sachin, and Paige knew he couldn’t answer them. Not to Bailey’s satisfaction.
He grabbed her wrist. “Talk to me. I deserve an answer.”
“Are we still talking about the same question?” she asked, jerking her wrist free from his grasp. “I never meant to hurt you, Bailey.”
“But you did.”
“Paige?” Sachin stepped from the shadows.
Bailey’s hand went to his sidearm and Paige’s eyes widened. Sachin appeared amused by it all. He waved a hand in the air. “You will leave here and never remember meeting me. You will move on from Paige, find someone else to care for, and be happy she has found her soul mate.”
Paige stared between the two men and then burst into a fit of laughter. She clutched her stomach. “Oh, no way will that ever work.”
Bailey walked past her, looking dazed. He headed straight for his car and never glanced back.
She turned to face Sachin with her mouth wide open. He pressed her jaw shut and laughed. “I am a man of many talents, wife.”
“Wife?” She rubbed her temples. “You’re also a man who has a lot of explaining to do.”
“I’d like to show you something first.” Yanking his shirt over his head, he took her breath
A sinking feeling centered in the pit of her stomach. She’d given up everything she’d worked so hard to build with Bailey for Sachin to continue with his same old game. What was she thinking?
She pressed against him. “I have to go. I need space. Time to think.”
His lips formed a thin line. “Time to go to him?”
“He deserves an explanation.”
“And what will you tell him? Will you tell him that you offered yourself to me, practically begging me to take your innocence? That the minute I came back into your life, you surrendered to me, allowing me to fuck you against a wall, in public, for all to see?”
“I wish you had stayed gone!” Beyond hurt by Sachin’s words, Paige blinked back tears and shoved him as hard as she could. She suspected he moved back on his own because she was nowhere near strong enough to move him.
She walked away as fast as her heels would take her, refusing to look at him.
Chapter Eleven
Paige went to the door thinking the knocking in the middle of the night was from Sachin. When she opened it to find Bailey standing there, her heart sank. He looked tired, his eyes were red and his hair was a mess.
“Can I come in?” he asked.
Sarah was a light sleeper and Paige didn’t want to wake her. She grabbed a blanket from the edge of the chair and wrapped it around herself like a shawl. “I’ll come out.”
Bailey stepped back, letting her pass.
The cold porch stung her bare feet. “I tried to call you.”
“I know. I wasn’t ready to talk just yet.”
She eyed him closely. “But you are now?”
Nodding, he sat on the railing of the porch. “How much do you know about this guy, Paige?”
Fear slammed through her. “Why? Did something happen to him?”
“I didn’t shoot him if that’s what you’re asking. I thought about it.” Bailey let out a low whistle. “A lot. But I didn’t. I also didn’t find any records of him existing.”
“You ran a check on him?” she asked, unable to believe her ears.
Bailey shrugged nonchalantly. “Someone has to watch out for you, Paige.” He appeared nervous. “There is something I found though, some talk around town, involving your mysterious lover ,” he said the word with venom. “He’s been seen in the area before, around the time of your mother’s death.”
She grabbed hold of the edge of the railing to keep from falling as Bailey’s unvoiced accusations struck her head-on. “Sachin had nothing to do with Hank murdering my mother.”
“But did he have something to do with Hank’s death?”
She wanted to lie eloquently but Bailey knew her too well. She kept her eyes cast downward. “No.”
“Paige, you can tell me. Was it self defense?”
She couldn’t answer him. To do so would lead to too many questions for Sachin, and Paige knew he couldn’t answer them. Not to Bailey’s satisfaction.
He grabbed her wrist. “Talk to me. I deserve an answer.”
“Are we still talking about the same question?” she asked, jerking her wrist free from his grasp. “I never meant to hurt you, Bailey.”
“But you did.”
“Paige?” Sachin stepped from the shadows.
Bailey’s hand went to his sidearm and Paige’s eyes widened. Sachin appeared amused by it all. He waved a hand in the air. “You will leave here and never remember meeting me. You will move on from Paige, find someone else to care for, and be happy she has found her soul mate.”
Paige stared between the two men and then burst into a fit of laughter. She clutched her stomach. “Oh, no way will that ever work.”
Bailey walked past her, looking dazed. He headed straight for his car and never glanced back.
She turned to face Sachin with her mouth wide open. He pressed her jaw shut and laughed. “I am a man of many talents, wife.”
“Wife?” She rubbed her temples. “You’re also a man who has a lot of explaining to do.”
“I’d like to show you something first.” Yanking his shirt over his head, he took her breath
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