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finished most of our wine, and before you stumbled off to bed, you grabbed a bottle of Patrón from the kitchen. I only planned to hang around until my buzz wore off, but I must have fallen asleep.”
    Tamia frowned. It bothered her that she couldn’t remember a single thing about last night. She’d never gotten that drunk before.
    She pinned Dominic with a glare. “Did anything happen between us?”
    His eyes glinted with amusement. “Like what?”
    â€œYou know damn well what,” Tamia hissed. “Did we have sex?”
    He searched her face. “What do you think?”
    â€œJust answer the fucking question.”
    He chuckled, rising from the sofa. “If we did have sex last night, don’t you think I would have woken up in bed with you instead of out here?”
    â€œMaybe you snuck out in the middle of the night so I wouldn’t know what happened,” Tamia challenged.
    â€œIf that were the case,” he drawled humorously, “I would have just left the apartment. I wouldn’t have stuck around.”
    Tamia glared at him. What he’d said made sense, but she didn’t trust him. She had every reason not to.
    He laughed softly, shaking his head at her. “Nothing happened last night, Tamia. As fine as you are, and as much as I’ve been feenin’ for your sublime pussy, I wouldn’t take advantage of you while you’re drunk.”
    She snorted derisively. “This coming from the same man who blackmailed me for sex.”
    â€œActually,” Dominic countered mildly, “I’m not the same man. As you know, a lot has happened over the past several months. Losing my wife and grandfather forced me to reassess my life and realize the error of—”
    â€œNigga, please!” Tamia scoffed contemptuously. “Spare me your ‘I’m a changed man’ bullshit. You haven’t changed. You’re just as sneaky and conniving as you were the day I met you.”
    Dominic gave her a disappointed look. “Why is it that you expect Brandon to believe that you’ve learned from your mistakes, but you can’t give me the same benefit of the doubt?”
    â€œ Are you serious? ” Tamia sputtered incredulously. “First of all, our situations are completely different! I was minding my own damn business when you barged into my life and fucked everything up. I didn’t go out of my way to hurt anyone— you did. So, no, you don’t deserve forgiveness or the benefit of the doubt. And how dare you stand there and even speak Brandon’s name to me when it’s your damn fault that we’re no longer together? Furthermore—”
    â€œI can help you get him back.”
    Tamia broke off mid-rant, staring at Dominic. “What did you say?”
    â€œI said I can help you get Brandon back.”
    Her eyes narrowed. “What the hell are you talking about?”
    Dominic casually tucked his hands into his pockets. “Since I’m partly responsible for messing things up between you and—”
    â€œ Partly? ” Tamia echoed in disbelief.
    He gave her a knowing look. “Come on, Tamia. We both know you and Brandon were having problems before I entered the picture. Your relationship was built on lies from day one. You lied to him about where you lived, about your sister being in college instead of prison, about your past as a porn star. Yet for all your deception, you were frustrated because he was in no hurry to make more of a serious commitment to you.” Dominic chuckled softly, shaking his head at her. “Like I said, love, your relationship was already on the rocks by the time you met me. Otherwise you never would have agreed to our affair.”
    Tamia frowned, knowing she couldn’t refute anything he’d said and hating him for it.
    â€œBut since I caused you so much trouble,” he continued, “the least I can do is try to repair some of the