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. How did you know? Gabriel s lipstightened before trying again. I mean,how did you know I was having lunch outtoday? He reached for my hand.The fury in my stare stopped himcold.He withdrew it and quickly tossedback a drink instead. Didn t you hearwhat I just said? Or do you need to hearfrom her? Would you care to tell him,Embry, or should I? I could but I much prefer to hear your version. My mouth twisted in a venom smile. Oh, you re good.I like how neatly youdeflected that.I might have to borrow yourtechnique. Embry lifted her glass and sipped thechampagne with enviable grace. Youcould do worse. Gabriel clenched his hand into a fist. Embry, you bitch. He turned to me andpleaded in a low tone, It s not what youthink. Oh, that is rich! I m sorry, butreally? It s not what I think? How wouldyou know what I think when I haven t hadthe pleasure of telling you in explicitdetail? Would you like me to tell you now,hmm? Because I m not feeling particularlyshy at the moment and I really feel you simply must know. Gabriel closed his eyes.His facelooked haggard, exhausted beyond themoment. It s not what you think.I swearit isn t. Sure it isn t, Gabriel.I mean you renot the kind of man who would lie to meand tell me you can t see me for lunchbecause you re absolutely swamped withwork, are you? I rocked my head back inemphasis. Oh, wait a minute.You didjust that with me today, didn t you? Thatwasn t a smart move at all, Gabriel.Notat all.But then again, you ve had plenty ofpractice moving on from one girl to theother.Don t worry I m a quick learner.This won t be the messy kind of breakupyou re used to. Terror possessed his features.He scooted his chair closer to mine. Emma,baby, don t. My violent cheeriness couldn t bestopped. Be quiet! Really.You don t getsay that to me anymore because you re aliar. Gabriel, darling, I would moveback a bit.She looks like she s apt toresort to violence and I m sure that s thelast thing you d like. Hearing Embry speak to him in suchsugary-sweet tones made me want to slamher face against the table and hope shechoked a huge shard of broken glass on theway down.The viciousness of myemotions scared me, but not nearlyenough. Embry, shut-up! Gabriel snappedbefore I could, intense dislike for the cool blond staining his beautiful, dishonestface. I shouldn t have tried to reasonwith you.If you think for a moment thatyou ve won you ve got another thingcoming. Nice try.You weren t so hatefulwhen she had her hand on your cheek,were you?Gabriel tried again, voice low andinsistent. Emma, baby, I know this looksterrible, but I need you to listen to me. I pointed my finger at his face. That s where you re wrong.I don tactually have to do that. Emma, please. No! You don t get to talk especiallysince everything that is coming out of yourmouth is either a lie or an obvious grab atbuying time.I m afraid, Mr.Gordon, you don t have a bank account big enough tobuy your way out of this at least not withme. Emma No. I grabbed a breadstick andtook a leisurely bite. Embry texted meand invited me to pop in if I didn t believethat you, the man I finally let myself trustabove all others, was actually havinglunch with her.Behind my back and afteryou lied to me. Gabriel shook his head. I m sorrythat I had to do that. Really? I m afraid I don t believethat. I turned my attention to Embry. Youplanned this.Why don t tell us both whyyou really wanted me here? Should I tell her, darling? The use of the word grated as I m sure it intended to.Fuck it.I wasn t goingto keep my mouth shut and let her keeppricking me with her damned diamondtipped claws.I tossed my breadstick on the table. Let s clear something up right nowGabriel s not mine anymore so you cancall him darling all day long.It s no sweatoff my back, understand? Crystal. No, goddamnit! Gabriel wrappedhis hand around my wrist. I m not goingto let you do this! I m not skirting beyondyour back with this woman, Emma. Histortured whisper would ve normally beenenough to break me.Not anymore.I ignored Gabriel.I fixated myattention on the viperous bitch across the table, daring her to do her worst. You veset it in motion, Embry.Let me see howit s all supposed to end. Let s go.Now! Gabriel made tostand up and forcibly pull me up with him. If you even try to make me leave, Iwill scream this whole restaurant down.You don t need the publicity or the gossip,Gabriel. Fuck the publicity and the gossip.We re going now. Embry set her champagne flute down. Gabriel, she s bound to find out sooneror later.Dragging her out of here won t doanything to delay it now. I yanked my arm from him. I m tofind out more than this? Lovely. Embry observed me for a bit. You re not quite what I expected, Emma. I m compelled to inform you this isn texactly personal.Just necessary. Of course, it is
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