Believe Me Once
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Three years ago, Renée Whitmore disappeared with a ruined reputation and a truth nobody cared enough to hear.
Especially Sebastian Pierce.
Coming back was never supposed to happen. But when a project forces Renée into the same company-and the same rooms-as the man who once chose to believe the worst of her, she realizes some things are far more dangerous than hatred.
Like familiarity.
Because no matter how much time passes, Sebastian still knows her too well.
The way she reaches for coffee when she's overwhelmed.
The way silence means something is wrong.
The way she looks at him right before she walks away.
And the closer Sebastian gets to the truth behind the scandal that destroyed Renée's life, the more he realizes the story everyone believed may not have been true.
Including him.
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