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Kara did not even realize when her cheeks got stained with tears that she had been trying to hold back. She had trusted James with her body and soul and hearing him say all these words were enough to tear her soul apart. She had hated him when he had not been there for her, but there had never been a day when she had not loved him blindly. Even when he had ignored her, even when he had hidden her away in the confinement of his room, hidden how closely, how passionately he treated her, she had loved him. He had been there in her arms when she had come to know the difference between a man and woman, she had been in his lap when he had breathed in her scent longingly for the first time, he had been there in front of her eyes on each step of her life, in each moment. And even when he was not there for her in past three years, she had never in her wildest dream even thought of ditching him or being with some other man for physical pleasure. How can she feel so much for a man who thinks o