Page 107 of Secrets (The Sins Trilogy 2)
“Oh no. You aren’t pulling that crap. You’re going to sit and eat.”
“But—”
Yuna lifts a finger. “No buts! Unlike Tony, I have no problem having Mr. Kim hold you down while I shovel food into your mouth.”
I snort at the ridiculous threat. “He wouldn’t do that.”
“Mr. Kim was on the Korean national team for taekwondo and is still a total badass,” Yuna says.
That clean-cut, straight-laced corporate man?He beams at me.
“Okay, fine.” I force myself to have one poached egg and half a piece of dry toast.
Yuna nods approvingly.
I should be irritated at her high-handedness, but she means well. And if our positions were reversed, I might do the same. She hands me a cup of coffee and waves goodbye when Bobbi shows up to take me to the foundation.
Although guilt over the death of the girl is still nipping at me, I can manage to push it aside so long as I’m busy in the office. I even offer to help Rhonda with her executive memos when I have half an hour of downtime.
Yuna comes to see me for lunch, again with Mr. Kim, who will again be happy to hold me down, never mind that we’re out in public. Bobbi smirks, but doesn’t try to stop Yuna or Mr. Kim. I guess it’s not her job to defend her client from nutrition. So I choke something down. It tastes like sawdust, even though the restaurant is ostensibly a four-star establishment.
If I were only dealing with the guilt and an overbearing friend, I might be okay. But at the most random moments, without any rhyme or reason, Tony pops into my head.
Our first meeting when I cried. That night he rescued me from Jamie Thornton and took me home. The date—us playing Schubert together…then finally spending the night together. Him taking care of me after Sam’s attempted homicide. Tony asking me to marry him.
Every exquisite memory tears a small strip from my heart. Sometimes the pain is so agonizing that not even tears come.
Even as I pray the hurt will stop, I know it won’t. Because I’ll never stop loving Tony.
