persistently, to close the distance between

you're a bi

e. "I heard you're still hung up on your e

atantly ina

ond, when her phone buzzed. I

in a close embrace at the café. The angle was delib

Claire. You two look perfect together. Once Ethan se

ding by his car across the street, his g

turned, got into the

d done for her, she should have come back to thank him in person.

d her mistake, he was wil

with Adrian at a café, as if she

sed to the roadside, only to see the

arly misun

his fist against the steering

most mocking himself. "Five years without a word, and the mo

. She had been upset over him just yest

phone, intendi

he call button, but in th

eliberately avoid Claire. He even brought

e day, Claire became certain that Et

n, but her body betrayed her. A sharp, throbbing pain tighten

an's invitation inte

budget allocation in person. Maple Grove Vi

this was a critical stage o

nt Claire stepped into the living r

m Adrian's face. "Ms.

ng and turned to run, but two men in black

ur woman to live, hand over the core access key to Quinn

d. "Are you ins

chin with a fain

dn't risk everything to save her. And she wasn't

roar of an engine echoed outside, a

disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, l

d, his voice low. "I

hed. "Are you crazy?

aughed.

e expl

ard, shielding Cl

d his waist and returned fire, his

It felt like the first day they met all over again, when

left shoulder, instantly

oving her toward the

aving! We g

oved her ou

back, the gas line ins

rged into

g helplessly as the blast wave

th