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"Mental rules?" Declan murmured.

Nolan nodded. "Yeah. It was a woman too. She'd been in an abusive relationship for a long time, and to escape the pain of reality, she'd set herself up to believe she was deeply in love with her husband.

"That way, she could make all the hurt she went through seem okay in her mind. But the truth was, her husband didn't love her at all."

Nolan ran a finger along the