Briar who was staring up at me with an expression of such contentment. I wish I could feel the same way, but being this close to him was torture for me. The hurt was ever present. It made all the sweetness of his touch sour. But I couldn’t look away from his face. They’d been hurt because of me. I’d tried so hard to keep my world from brushing against them, but it hadn’t helped. Another thought popped into my mind, one that had shaken me ever since I saw him and Nicole at the bar. In the light of everything that had been admitted, it seemed miniscule. But I needed to know. “Did you ever cheat
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