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I shake my head, a broken sob escaping my lips. “You’re lying.”

Hayes doesn’t say anything.

And that silence?

That hurts more than his words ever could.

He turns to leave but I block him.

“I have to tell you something, Hayes.” He doesn’t meet my eyes.

“No matter what you say, Sloane, I’ll never change my mind.”

“You have to hear this, just give me a second.”

“There will be no need. I wish I never