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“I didn’t accuse him of anything. I was hired to-”
“Save it, darling. I know what you were hired to do. I don’t want you ruining my boyfriend’s career, but if you do happen to find something, he’ll need me to console him anyway. You don’t think that he’ll want anything to do with you if you expose him, do you?”
“Is there something to expose?” I asked.
“I’m pretty sure you already know the answer to that question. Just do your job, Katherine. Once you’re done, you can crawl back into whatever sad, lonely hole you came out of. He dropped you once. Don’t think he won’t do it again.”
“He’s changed now. He would never do that to me.”
“Right. So, why did he take me out to the charity gala a few days ago? Why is he having dinner with me tonight? I know how he is, Kat. You seem to think you know him, but you absolutely don’t. No matter how long we’re apart for, he’ll always find his way back to me,” she said.
I sat there with my mouth open, watching her walk away. My heart sank into my stomach at the possibility that I may have just given Preston a chance that he absolutely didn’t deserve. Part of me wanted to believe that there was no way she’d be telling the truth, but I couldn’t help how angry I felt. The tears welled up inside my eyes and I shut them, trying not to cry. I was a fool to give you a second chance, wasn’t I? Men like you never change. I should’ve known better.