Denial
Prologue
No one had intended for it to happen, and no one - not even the participants themselves - saw it coming. Oscar had harbored secret feelings for Jaime almost since the day he'd met her. If he was honest with himself, he'd have to admit he'd loved her all along. He'd never allowed those feelings to surface, though, so they'd never been a problem. Of course, there'd been rumors; every workplace had those. A gorgeous female operative with an unattached and attractive boss - naturally, people talked.
As for Jaime, she and Steve had been very happily sharing a home for almost a year. She was as recovered from her bout with amnesia as she was going to get, and the way she saw it, partial memory was better than none at all. Steve had been heroically patient in waiting for her heart to settle down and for Jaime (like he always knew she would) to come back to him. It wasn't the same relationship they'd had in the past, but they were both very different people than they'd been four or five years earlier. Steve wanted more than anything to get married, and Jaime was certain they'd eventually end up tying the legendary knot, but she just hadn't been able to take that step; not yet. She couldn't imagine spending the rest of her life with anyone but Steve, though, and the bond between them seemed strong and unbreakable.
They had no idea...
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