Was she actually nning to marry Jace?


    Why else would she ask something like that?


    But i


    just two hours ago, Jace was still trying to get me back.


    Then Jace’s words came flooding back: “Even if something happens to me–if I get hurt, or worse–


    still won’t regret it?”


    Is this his twisted way of making me regret everything? If so, Jace has totally lost it. He’s being so


    childish.


    I looked at Tanya, pretending to be confused. “Hmm?”


    “I want to be with Jace, like… get married,” she said, meeting my eyes.


    I gave her a small smile. “Is that so? Well, congrats.”


    “But I’m worried his parents won’t ept the baby,” she added, her face full of hesitation and


    uncertainty.


    I tapped my fingers lightly on the table, staying quiet. This wasn’t my problem, so I had no reason to


    chime in.


    “Keira,” Tanya said, her voice suddenly serious, “I know how much the Johnstons love you. Mr. and


    Mrs. Johnston treat you like their daughter, so.


    She paused, then continued, “So, can you help me? 1-1


    She didn’t have to exin–I knew exactly what she was asking.


    “No.”


    Tanya’s face turned even paler. “Why? Is it because you resent me for ruining things between you


    and Jace?”


    At least she’s self–aware. I didn’t deny it. “A little.”


    I’m human, not a saint. Tanya may not have been the only reason Jace and I broke up, but she was


    definitely the spark that lit the fuse.


    It was hard not to hold some resentment toward her.


    But, if I’m being real, I should thank her. She made me see the truth about Jace and me–let me cut


    my losses before it got worse.


    “Do you really think it was all my fault?” she asked, her voiceced with sarcasm.


    “Keira, you and Jace would’ve broken up eventually, even if I hadn’t shown up,” she went on, like


    she knew our rtionship better than I did.


    I let out a shortugh, ying dumb. “Oh?”


    Tanya kept her eyes locked on me and continued, “You and Jace were together for ten years. Sure,


    you had feelings for each other, but not in a romantic way.


    “What you felt was more like the bond between family!


    The only reason you ended up together was because his parents pushed the idea on you, and you


    just went along with it.”


    She wasn’t wrong. I’d thought about that before, too.


    I used to wonder why Jace, while he was with me, would go behind my back and kiss someone like


    Tanya -a married woman, no less.


    I also wondered why, after I left him, I didn’t feel that gut–wrenching heartbreak you’re supposed to


    feel after a breakup.


    The truth was, we just didn’t love each other enough. We were toofortable, too familiar.


    Whatever love we had didn’t have any real fire.


    “If he truly loved you, if it was the kind of love that ignites at first sight and not the slow, dull kind, he


    wouldn’t have kissed me, looking for excitement,” Tanya said, her words hitting hard.


    I gave her a small smile. “So, what? Are you trying to say you were justified in being the other


    woman?” “No,” Tanya shot back quickly. “I was never the other woman. I didn’t go after Jace. He


    came after me.”


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    I didn’t know–or care–who started it. But whatever she was trying to downy, I knew exactly what


    she was angling for.


    “So, because you don’t think you broke up me and Jace, I’m supposed to speak up for you?” I


    asked. “I’m begging for your help,” Tanya said, her voice soft, practically pleading now.


    I pressed my lips together, taking her in for a second. She was delicate and soft–beautiful, sure–but


    definitely not Lindey’s type.


    Lindey was straightforward, with a beauty that was natural and sophisticated, the kind that came


    with at sense of nobility.