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and sold it.
    I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me. Never in a
million years would I have thought Jude capable of that kind of betrayal. He
had always had a selfish streak but he had never done something so intentionally
malicious. I felt the sting of his betrayal powerfully.
    “Oh my God! So that’s why my apartment looked like such a
mess. I thought he was only looking for money. But I wonder why he would be
threatening me.” I said more to myself.
    “What do you mean?” Jake looked at me keenly, the muscle in
his jaw twitching. “When did he threaten you?”
    “Oh just now before you came,” I said distractedly. “He said
something about me ruining his life. It made no sense. I’m pretty sure he was
drunk.”
    My attention was recalled by a loud snap and I looked up at
Jake to see a storm brewing in his eyes. I was caught off guard by the utter
look of fury on his face, and involuntarily cringed.
    “What’s the matter?” I asked.
    “Nothing,” Jake bit out. “Don’t worry about Jude Marshall.
He won’t bother you again.”
    “I wasn’t really worried about it. Jude is usually all
talk, so I doubt he’d do anything to hurt me.”
    I cocked my head at Jake’s ominous warning. Though he did
threaten me earlier, I wrote it off as Jude being Jude. He would find something
else to distract him and forget the whole incident once he was sober again.
Jake didn’t look convinced and looked like he was making a huge effort to reign
in his temper.
    “I think it’d be best to stay away from him,” he cautioned.
    My hackles were instantly raised at his presumption. I had
already decided that I’d never speak to Jude again after what he did, but that
didn’t give Jake any right to tell me how to live my life. I had let my guard
down momentarily while the shock of his disclosures threw me of balance, but at
his heavy handedness, it all came back. I was still angry at him.
    “First of all, I will do whatever I please. My life does not
concern you, and you do not get to tell me what to do!” I snapped. Jake
flinched at my tone and held up a hand in surrender.
    “I just want you to be safe,” he said.
    “I can take care of myself.” Jake looked at me with dejected
expression. He heaved a heavy sigh as he ran his hand through his hair.
    “You’re right. I—“
    “Time’s up,” Allison said, as she barged into my office
without knocking. “It’s been 10 minutes.”
    A look of annoyance crossed Jake’s face at Allison’s
entrance.
    “I think you should let Chloe decide,” he said peevishly.
    She narrowed her eyes at him before they both looked at me.
    “I think you should go,” I said.
    Jake looked disappointed before he schooled his features to
a more neutral expression. “I see. I’m sorry for bothering you and
for...everything. I’ll get going then.” Jake gave me a last searing look with
something like longing in his eyes before he turned and walked past Allison and
out of my office.
    I released the pent up breath I had been holding the whole
time and closed my eyes. I didn’t know how much it would affect me seeing him
again. Allison made her way into my office and was about to sit in the seat
Jake just vacated before I held up my hand to stop her.
    “I need to be alone right now,” I said.
    She looked at me, concern wrinkling her brow. “You going to
be ok?”
    “Yeah, I’m fine. I just need a moment alone.”
    “Ok sure,” she said before stepping out and softly closing
the door behind her.
    There was so much I had to process to make any sense of
anything. Not only had Jake dropped a bombshell on me about Jude, but I couldn’t
get over how different he was. The last time I saw him was at the auction where
he was looked so cold and intimidating. Today he looked like a lost man. I’d
never seen him look like that before, and I didn’t know how to feel.
    A part of me wanted to give him another chance and start
over. I thought I could even understand why he acted the way he