She’d been grossly unfair, and she knew it. Without any real honesty between them, she’d roped Adam in, making him think he’d be no more than a sexual fling for her. He assumed they could indulge a brief hook-up and then each go about their respective business, interacting at the school in a platonic way as usual, existing in the same small county without a single note of hard feelings. He had no clue that it would kill her to let him go. He didn’t know that, with Amber’s help, she’d targeted him specifically. Noel Poet’s words kept ringing in her head: Don’t play so long that Adam mistakes your sincerity for an amusing pastime. Physically, she wanted him. No way would she deny him now. But he had to know how she felt. He deserved the truth. She loved him, had for a while now, and it was past time he knew it, too. While Isabella removed the band in her hair and slowly dunked her head beneath the cool water, the two fishermen indulged in idle chitchat with Adam.
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