I didn't rush to say yes to Lucian.I'd been burned once, and I wasn't ready to jump into another relationship.I took things one step at a time.I wasn't in a hurry to take over my father's business either.Instead, I started enjoying life.On vacation in Miami, I saw Elena on the beach.She was nestled against a man old enough to be her grandfather.The moment our eyes met, she instinctively tried to pull out of his arms.Then she remembered her situation and hurried back into his embrace, cooing softly to keep him happy.I looked at her for a long time.The once-pampered Elena now knelt willingly at an old man's feet, brushing the sand off them.She smiled to please him, but she looked like a wilting flower.Whatever urge I'd had to mock her suddenly vanished.She'd already paid for everything she'd done.I put my sunglasses back on and didn't look again. She belonged in the past.The day Andrew got out of prison, he sent me a long letter.I'd changed my number and address, so it to
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