CHAPTER FIFTY ONE – A SAD ENDING TO A RELATIONSHIP

Then Eric spoke in a low, gravelly tone absolutely dripping with repressed rage that made Karina flinch. "How could you do that to us, Karina?" He bit out each clipped word as if it physically pained him. "After everything I told you about John and his intentions...letting him put his filthy hands on you like that?" Oh, there was the fury she had been expecting. Molten and caustic as it seared through the air between them. Karina squeezed her eyes shut, absorbing the scorching verbal blows. "And you're comparing me giving in to a moment of weakness with some random office girl...to you whoring yourself out to my own boss?!" The crude words landed like a vicious slap to the face, but Karina refused to retaliate. Eric was entitled to his rage and bitterness after the fresh wound she had dealt to his trust. "I'm not comparing or excusing anything, Eric," she said at last in a toneless murmur. "I'm only saying...I understand how a momentary lapse of judgment can make you do things you