“No, Tyler. You’re trying to make my reaction the problem, because then you don’t have to look directly at what you did.”

“I still love you.”

“That may be the cruelest thing you’ve said tonight.”

“Maddie—”

“If this is how you love someone, I’m grateful you ran.”

She removed the diamond ring from her finger. The skin beneath it looked pale and narrow. “You will repay my father. Any communication will go through the attorney.