Echo Of Betrayal

the long version

Could any man's pride take so much rejection? Lauren was afraid Warwick Sinclair would never forgive her for the way she'd refused his proposal. Her violent cry of, "No!" had rung with such revulsion that it must have seemed the ultimate insult. She couldn't tell him the truth, though -- that it was an echo from the past, a cry of fear and disgust at her abuse by another man. She could never reveal the innocent consequence of that long-ago betrayal....