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Sinclair Industry when I was nineteen. I was fresh out of high school, and I did some kind of training program to help troubled teens get to work. I started low, delivering mail and then serving coffee and grabbing lunch until I caught the eye of one Christopher Sinclair. Within two years I was his secretary. He got me the position. Gave me a load of bullshit about how hard I worked. For the first six months everything was great, and every day I fell a little more in love with him. Chris has a charming wit about him, and he always made me smile. I think I’m going to make this a white wine,” Erica said. Cassie waited while Erica got herself a wine. Cassie declined alcohol. She never drank more than coffee. “I used to go away with him on his travels. Take notes and everything. Chris was ordered to go to some Spanish resort and check it out. At least that’s what he told me.”
    Cassie watched as Erica downed the wine and requested another. “If this is too hard to deal with....”
    “No, I need to talk to someone about it. We travelled to this resort. A holiday theme park of some kind. That night we had dinner, and he was sweet talking me. And then before I knew what happened I was in his suite, and we were having sex on the living room floor.” Erica brushed a tear away. “He was my first. I was a virgin when he had me. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Well, being the type of girl I am, I was twenty-one at the time. I wasn’t prepared for the immediate dumping as soon as we got back to work. I was just another woman in a long line of conquests. He wanted me ; he had me , and then he left me. He moved on to the next woman, and I moved back into delivering the mail and coffee. As soon as I had enough in savings I got out and moved away. So there you have it. My sad sorry little tale.”
    Cassie couldn’t believe what Chris had put this woman through. The nasty little shit .      
    “You can never tell anyone what I just told you. As far as I’m concerned our conversation never leaves this table,” Erica said.
    “Of course.”
    “There is one other thing, and Chris never knew,” Erica said and drained her glass. “Do you remember me taking a leave of absence?” Cassie nodded and wished she could tell the other woman to shut up. She figured Erica needed to tell someone about her ordeal with Chris Sinclair. Cassie, having her own past, would be the perfect candidate. “That time spent with him had consequences. I was two months pregnant when I miscarried. The baby was never supposed to be.”
    Cassie and Erica finished their chocolate torte and left the restaurant two hours later.
    “I’m really sorry to unload all my baggage onto you,” Erica said as they walked back to Cassie’s car.
    “Please, don’t. I hate myself for not keeping in touch with you. I’m so sorry I wasn’t there for you during your crisis.” Cassie started the engine up and pulled into the queue of traffic.
    “It would seem no woman is immune to the Sinclair charm,” Erica said into the silence. Cassie dropped her back at the beach house she was staying at with friends before travelling the short distance down the road to the Sinclairs’ place. She thought about Molly and everything she’d learnt in the last few hours.
    Two more cars had pulled up in the time she’d been away. Gathering her purse, she got out of the car. She heard the shouting from the front of the house.
     
     

Chapter Nine
     
    Blaze stared at his family and the nightmare that was unfolding. Could have been just last night when he had Cassie alone and almost naked in his arms? Blaze Junior was in bed for his afternoon nap. Blaze was thankful his son wouldn’t be able to hear the yells of his family. Cassie had been gone all morning, and it was three in the afternoon. He’d wanted to spend the day with her and his son. David advanced on Blaze, who tensed when he watched Chris stand between the fight about to happen.
    “Get out of my