Liam's words came slowly. "So they were all lies he told me about you, all lies. And I believed him, everything he said about you. Well," he added, "everything's over now, finished."

Everything's over, finished. The words spun in Alyson's head like a roulette wheel. Her marriage to Liam had been a gamble, a gamble she had lost.

Liam had been the winner and he had taken all--her innocence, her heart and all the love that heart contained. Suddenly, she just didn't care any more!