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More than that, she had learned something about herself along the way. In her eagerness to please people and keep the peace, Lina had allowed herself to ignore the way they were treating her. She had pretty much always fallen in with other people’s demands. Her mother had done it and now it seemed she was in danger of letting Salvatore do it, too. He wasn’t interested in what she wanted—only in his own closed and selfish agenda.
And suddenly, she could feel her nerves and her fears slipping away from her. Somehow she would get through the rest of the evening and the rest of her life, just not with Salvatore. Never again with him. Why try to cling to a man who could be so hurtful? Why chase after something he would never be prepared to give her? Because she had wanted this. Worked hard for it. Was she really going to let it slip away because she was pursuing someone who had always been beyond her reach? She owed herself more than that.
So, although her heart was beating so hard that it hurt, she tilted her chin and fixed him with a cool look. ‘Look, you’re clearly not enjoying yourself and I really ought to circulate. So why don’t you go on ahead? It looks like I’m going to be here for some time.’
He shook his head. ‘I’ll wait,’ he said.
‘No.’ Her voice was quiet, but determined. In fact, she’d never felt quite so determined in her life. ‘Honestly. Just go. I really don’t need you here.’
He opened his mouth as if to object, as if her sudden poise had perplexed him. As if he were the only one in this doomed relationship who was allowed to make decisions. But what could he possibly object to, when she was giving him everything he wanted?
He’d provided her with an escape route, hadn’t he?
Surely now she could return the favour.
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