Chapter 209

And the answer echoes loudly and painfully through her head. Because she is his cleaner. He didn’t tell her who he really was because she was just his cleaner. She sucks in a breath, wrapping the bathrobe tighter around herself against the winter chill and this distressing news. Why did he keep this from her? Because she is not good enough for him, of course. She is only good for one thing.... Her stomach lurches at his betrayal. How could she be so gullible? Feeling raw and wounded by his dishonesty, she wipes away the tears that spring to her eyes. She’s been in denial. Her relationship with him has been too good to be true. Deep down she suspected this. And now she knows the truth. But he never made any promises to her. Those were all in her head. He’s never told her he loves her...He’s never pretended to love her. Yet in the short time she’s known him, she’s fallen for him. Fallen from a great height. I am a fool. A misguided fool in love. She closes her eyes in anguish as hot tear