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pales. “Sam, I would never cheat on you. I love you. I don’t—“

“No! Don’t you dare ever say those words to me again! You don’t love me.” My voice breaks and I fight to hold back the tears. I need him to leave.

“I do love you, Samantha. I don’t remember anything that happened last night. Something is wrong.” His voice reeks of desperation. I can tell he wants me to believe him.

“You’re right, Hunter. Something is wrong. You’re still here. You need to leave. I am officially letting you go, you’re fired. And we are officially over.” I move to walk past him but he grabs my arm.

Before I know what I’m doing, I slap him across the face. “I said you are not allowed to touch me ever again.”

“Sam, please I don’t know what’s going on, but you can’t do this. You can’t just say that we are over and that you don’t love me. I know you do.” He is rubbing the spot on his face that is now red from my hand. His eyes bore into me, begging me for some sort of hope. He won’t find any.

“Correction, I used to love you. To be able to love someone you need a heart. Mine was broken and will never be the same again.” I run up the steps to the guest bedroom, locking the door behind me. A few seconds later, I hear Hunter banging on the door.

“Sam, please open the door. Don’t end us this way!”

I pull the covers over my head, hoping to drown out his voice. I start to cry again, releasing everything I held back as I was confronting him. I didn’t want him to see me cry, to see how sad I was. I wanted him to see my anger and only that.

The noises outside of the door stop and a few minutes later, I hear the door open and close.

I am so sick of being alone.

I wish he was still here.

I wish that we could still be together.

I miss him already.

Why’d he have to break us?

Chapter Twenty Seven

Hunter

Two months.

That’s how long it’s been since Sam ended things, and I still have no idea what the hell happened. I woke up that morning feeling like I had been hit by a truck with no memory of the night before. I have had a lot more to drink then I had that night and nothing like this had ever happened. I miss her so damn much, but she won’t take my calls.

I love her so much that not being with her hurts. She said she saw me with that other girl but I can’t believe it. Since I met Sam I haven’t even wanted to look at another girl much less touch one. None of this shit makes sense and she won’t talk to me so I can try to figure it out.

I took a new job in the industry just to try to be around her. I call her every single day and leave a message, but she never returns my calls. I miss her so damn much and I don’t know what else I can do. Everywhere she goes it’s like she is untouchable; I can’t get within a few feet of her. Tonight I will see her though. My client, Angela, has an award show to attend and Sam will be there too.

I take a deep breath before exiting the limo and helping Angela out. My eyes scan the crowd, searching for Sam. I finally see her and her slime ball father. There is something up with that guy. The first time I met him, I knew that he was up to no good. The excuses he was feeding Sam were ridiculous.

I study her as I walk with Angela into the building. There is no smile on her face. No light in her eyes. There is no trace of the girl I knew. The girl I still love. She looks like she’s lost weight and I worry that she relapsed and fell back into her old habits. I need to get to her tonight, even if I have to sneak into her hotel room.

I will get to her.

The event ended and I made sure that Angela got back to her room. Ryan reluctantly had his guy hack into the hotel’s system and find out what room Jules is staying in. Now that I’m walking toward her door, I’m getting nervous. Joe is outside, which is strange, considering he is only