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DESPERATELY upset by their confrontation, Grace walked quickly into the forest, following the path to the waterfall and pool that had proved so tranquil the evening before.

What right did she have to be upset?

What right?

Had he made her promises? No, he hadn’t.

So why did she feel so let down, so completely disappointed?

Because she’d thought she’d seen something in him.

She’d never felt so confused in her life. Her newly awakened body was humming and part of her wanted to rush back to the lodge, crawl into bed beside Rafael and forget the complications of her life. He was able to see their relationship in simple, straightforward terms—so why couldn’t she?

The answer to that lay in the fact that there was one fundamental difference between them.

Despite everything that had happened in her life, she’d never lost hope, whereas Rafael.

She felt something sad inside her as she finally acknowledged the truth about him. Rafael appeared entirely disillusioned with women and life in