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that she didn’t have the potential to hurt him. He had no idea what the outcomewould be of an affair with her but he couldn’t resist the thought of having her in his arms.
    He wanted her.
    That was the bottom line and he was going to do whatever he had to in order to get her. He didn’t care if he had to pay the cost later.
    All around him were the trappings of success and that made him even more determined to ensure that this thing with Selena worked out. He wasn’t used to failing and he wouldn’t this time. Selena was the first thing he wanted just for himself.
     
    Selena was buzzed and hot and had forgotten the last time she’d had this much fun. Clubbing wasn’t her thing. To be honest it never had been. She’d always been a very studious girl and when she’d met Raul he’d kept her isolated from others. Part of the reason his con had worked so well.
    But tonight she didn’t want to think about any of that. Jorge came out of the club and sat down next to her on the bench. “Are you hiding out?”
    “No. Cooling down. I haven’t danced that much in years,” she admitted.
    “What do you do for fun in New York?” he asked.
    “Nothing. I don’t have fun. I just work and go home.”
    “All work and no play makes for one big boring life, tata .”
    “It didn’t seem so bad until tonight,” she admitted. “It’s a quiet life but also an uncomplicated one.”
    Jorge put his arm along the back of the bench and hugged her to his side. “You need to relax.”
    “I think you are right. Tonight was a lot of fun. Inever guessed that just dancing would be so liberating. I forgot about everything when I was out there.”
    Jorge smiled at her. His grin reminded her of her father’s and she felt a pang in her heart. She missed her parents so much.
    “That’s the point of clubbing. I think we will have to take you out again.”
    “I might let you,” she said. “But I’m worn out now. I am going to call a cab to take me back to my hotel.”
    “Hotel? Why aren’t you staying at your old house?” Jorge asked.
    “Too many memories,” she said.
    He nodded. “Why haven’t you sold that place?”
    She shrugged. “I sometimes get income from renting it and I give that money to abuelito . It’s the least I can do.”
    “ Tata, you have to let go of the past or you are always going to be stuck in it,” Jorge said.
    “I did let go, remember? I live in New York,” she said.
    “That wasn’t letting go, that was running away,” Jorge said. “You are punishing yourself by staying away. No one in the family blames you for what happened. You need to forgive yourself.”
    “That is easier said than done,” she said.
    “Don’t I know it,” he said.
    “How do you know that?” she asked.
    “I had an affair last year. Carina took me back and she says she’s forgiven me, but I don’t think I will ever feel worthy of her again.”
    “Carina is a nicer person than I am,” Selena said. “I would never…”
    “I thought so, too. But what I have with her is worthfighting for. I had no idea how much I loved that woman until I thought I’d lost her forever.”
    “Love is so complicated,” Selena said. Raul had been able to manipulate her because she’d been totally in love with him. Other people had told her he wasn’t the perfect angel she’d believed him to be but that hadn’t mattered. In her mind and in her heart she’d made excuses for him. She didn’t want to do the same with Justin.
    “Yes it is,” Jorge said. “But there is nothing else like it on earth. I wouldn’t trade my feelings for Carina for anything.”
    “Did I hear my name?” Carina asked, coming out to join them. “I wondered where you got to.”
    “Just visiting with Selena. I don’t think she knows how much we all miss her.”
    “We do all miss you,” Carina said. She looked over at Jorge, and Selena had the impression that Carina still wasn’t sure of her man. She might have forgiven her husband, but it was