Chapter 55

• “Safe?” she interrupted, her voice dripping with disbelief. “I don't know that you care. I don't know anything about you. Safe would’ve been telling me the truth. Safe would’ve been leaving me out of this entirely!” Her voice cracked, as she added softly, “You wouldn't have pushed me away if you wanted to keep me safe”
• They stood there in heavy silence, both breathing hard. Her last sentence hung like a cloud in their midst. How could she have let herself come to this? Somehow, she'd fallen for a man without a conscience. A man who didn't care what happened to her as far as he got what he wanted. A man who probably didn't even understand how to genuinely care about anyone else.
• Leo opened his mouth to respond, but Susan shook her head and turned away, unable to look at him any longer. She needed space—space to think, space to feel, space to figure out how she’d ended up here with him.