ence. The kind of heavy, insulated

e crashed into her. The public humiliatio

her old apartment. She checked the

s parched. Sh

rning light just beginning to turn the grey sky into a l

ept space with a ma

n was

ar-black athletic shorts and a technical t-shirt that clung to his chest. He

mug of bla

versized t-shirt and sweats Harper

s eyes tracked her m

whispered, point

He just jerked his

ck. It felt physical, like a touch. She grabbed a gla

his morning," Corbin said

e empty glass. "I

n said. "Apparently, shedding 'd

rked in her chest, overriding the fe

d to face her. "In my world? Yes. You're a liabil

e was big, taking up all the air in

osition last night," he said.

d up your end of the

er. Aurora backed up until her hips hit the marble counter. "Now let's talk ab

ou're talking about,

to go," Corbin stated

ing, her hair a bird's nest

reak; it just paused. Corbin ste

ng eggs,"

he sound of the sizzle filled

oil and cooked eggs

t wave of nausea rolled over

hand over her

guest bathroom before she

Harper was at the doo

oked out. "Just..

her mouth out. She stared at herse

lked b

He wasn't eating. He was staring at th

rhythm on the marble

o her stomach, then back to her eyes

long?" Cor

went de

oking between them. "Wha

eyes never leaving Aurora. "The sensit

ora lied. Her voice shook. "Th

to her. He stopped close enough that s

he said softly. "And I don't l

urs," Aurora

fraction of an inch. "I d

cold. She had just

sed," she said. She tu

He picked up his phon

cal history, financials, everything. And get me the security fo