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"Well, you’re going to have to because he’s going to spend the rest of his life with another woman," Jamie replied dryly. "I’m not trying to pee in your Cheerios, but you have to face facts. You have to face the truth, Eva. If you meant half as much to him as you say you do, half as much as you believe that you do, he wouldn’t be engaged to anyone else. He’d be with you. Did he break that engagement off?" she demanded.

Eva shook her head. His reasoning was logical in her mind, but it did nothing to still the sad stirring in her heart. "No. He didn’t. He said that he has to do it. He feels compelled to do it because it’s what his father wanted him to do."