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I shake my head. “No, I… that’s not what I mean… I…”

“Esme,” Cillian says gently.

I stop my awkward stammering.

I avoid his eyes and play with the hem of my dress. “It’s nothing,” I try again.

“Is that why you won’t look me in the eye?”

I raise my gaze to his and stare directly at him in defian...