d lawns and silent rooms. She was exhausted, a deep, bone-weary

of the car, a tall figure detached itse

as J

He should be at the ho

e was loosened, and the air around him was thick

" he asked, his

oving to walk past him. She d

nd her wrist. He yanked her back, her body

in his jacket?" He loomed over her, his dark eyes glinting in

know? Then she remember

ing on me?" The question was

"You put on your little show right under my nose. So e

ld. "Colton and I are just friends and partners! What ri

ng her completely between his body and the car. "As long as you are

so desperate to get rid of? What standing do you have to lecture me, when you abando

inding the one spot of unac

n she was right, when her words made him feel

growled, his c

d his mou

rutal and angry, flavored with expensive whiskey and rage. He forced

pushed against his chest, her fists bea

cy had made her stomach exquisitely sensitive, and the

genuine distress. He paused for a fraction

ar

f burned, stumbl

nging. She raised the back of her hand and scrubbed viciously at her m

cal blow. A strange, hollow ach

t he'd lost control, but the words wouldn'

he garage was th

one cut through the

screen. The name "

replaced by the familiar mask of cool control.

ng? Don't be scar

n turned without another word, got into his own car, an