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    “Denny, I thought we talked about this already. It’s over between us.”
    He never gave up even though he was still openly sleeping with other women. He always tried to get back with Grace even after having the door slammed in his face again and again.
    “Come on Gracie! We had some good times together. We had over three years together. Doesn’t that mean anything?” he asked, trying his best to act like he really cared.
      It was like a knife to her heart. She loved Denny so much more than anyone she ever loved before, but he took that love and threw it away. Now this; the way he was pretending to care, and want her in his life again, was a reminder of her heartache, which almost brought her to tears.
    “I think she said no, so back off.” Tyler’s voice was low, but had a tone that said he wasn’t messing around.
    “I’m sorry Gracie. Who is this?” Denny asked, as he glared at Tyler.
           “Tyler, I’m so sorry. I really have to get back to work. Thank you for lunch. I’ll see you around.” Grace shoved Denny out of the way as she slid out of the booth, leaving both men watching her walk out of the restaurant.
    Wasn’t it enough that Denny cheated on her and then dumped her? But now he kept bringing up their past and ripping the band aid off every time, leaving her heart feeling wounded and hurt all over again.

 
     
    CHAPTER FIVE
     
     
    Why does this happen to me? Every time I get past the hurt he shows up again to remind me of it. Grace muttered to herself as she finished her last bit of work before leaving for the day. She spent the rest of the afternoon reliving the pain of Denny walking out on her and their love. She knew she wasn’t in love with him anymore, but it still hurt to know that someone she was ready to spend her life with could just throw it all away over a few nights of hot and wild sex. The bigger problem was she spent the past three years shutting herself off from finding love again. She never wanted to feel that pain again, and closed her heart off completely.
      It had been a long day, and what she needed was to slip into a hot bubble bath with a bottle of wine and forget about Denny and lunch with Tyler.
      The house was quiet when she walked in. The sun was just starting to set. Autumn was probably at work. She didn’t want to explain why she was in such a bad mood, and was glad to find the house empty.
      Skipping the usual routine of going through the mail and missed calls, Grace headed straight to her bathroom kicking off her shoes at the door. She set the bottle of wine down by the bathtub and turned the water on, added bath crystals, and began undressing, leaving her clothes in a pile by the tub. She placed her phone on top of the pile in case Autumn called. She didn’t want to have to get out of the tub soaking wet to search for the phone. She slipped one foot in first, and then the other, letting her body sink down into the warm water. She inhaled the scent of the crystals that smelled of lavender, and took a sip of wine straight from the bottle because it was one of those nights. She felt the tension slowly leave her body as she settled back into the tub, resting her head on the edge. Much better , she thought, as she took another sip of wine.
    The silence, along with the lavender and wine, had Grace floating in a sea of bliss and relaxation as the warm water heated her skin. It didn’t last for long because the phone was ringing and she was pulled out of her moment of pleasure. Shaking her hand to get the soap suds off, she reached for the phone.
    “Hello.”
    “Hi . . .”
    Grace recognized the voice on the other end of the phone. It was a low and sexy masculine voice she would recognize anywhere . . . Tyler’s.
      “I’m sorry to bother you. I just wanted to see if you were ok. You left pretty quickly at lunch today.” His voice was filled with concern and something else Grace couldn’t figure out.
    “Yeah, I just had to get out of