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"If this is about my recent behavior, then I apologize," Alex began with dropped shoulders. There was the sadness in his voice again, the one Scarlett had feared would come up, but she would not let it tug at her this time.

"This is not about you at all," Scarlett said as she walked past him, leaving him standing there as though he had just lost a loved one.

"Rose, I–"

"Scarlett