the traumas that had sent me running and desperately wanting to start afresh. I closed my eyes shut, my eyelids fluttere

ing about that

chance for a

blank because Parrish had still not taken his eyes off me. I could see i

'd rather stay forgotten so I dashed out of the room to catch my breath. My vision blurred as I leaned with my hands on the white painted walls, my chest heaving up and d

el them watching me. My face heated from embarrassment – what the hell was I doing? Haven't I moved on from Parrish, or had h

o

emories and most importantly the sultry dream that stil

–" Cara's voice

the type to have a flair for the dra

t whispered both dirty and sweet nothings to my ear in the dark, either entangled in the rumpled sheets of m

ed to focus on me as he walked up to where I stood still tryin

ompassion I remembered, it was a distant stare that held an authority t

uit of course he smelled different. I wondered what was going through his mind, did he think I was different? Was he having the same thoughts that I was having?

ggest investors in the whole of California

expected him to understand. My face kept burning with embarr

ill struggled t

rn my eyes but I willed them not to fall. I wasn't going to cry especially not in front of my ex boyfriend who was now

o weeks to get those investors seated back here and you bag the deal or you're fired" there was a

e fired, no second chances. Maybe it's time I move to Cali

e w

alif

ld he d

away from the my life that revolved

tta be ki

ish'

s trip to meet with the investors because the deal had been bagged already and t

ca Pe

er – the same Jessica Peters. Oh what were the freaking odds? Flowing chestnut hair and those emerald green eyes staring back at me and I felt the familiar stab in my chest – the same one I felt anytime she cross

couldn't show any type of weakness even with Jessica standing before

g someone else? I needed to know all these facts and in that moment I was indeed

room house in Cal

tay – because o

I was