His Heart, Her Sin

ace like a rock through glass. The insid

el tightened. His lips pressed in

the same thing. Why did he freak out

nstinct? Or w

want to di

eside her. He didn't say a word, sure, but

y wanted him to talk about getting back together? Chill, Sabrina. As the saying g

needed to

the drive wa

was laser-focused on inspecting the seat she was in-trying t

s were sharp. Whether with her no

e in the passenger seat, there'd be som

glancing left and right, all the while s

e it anymore. Her head kept tu

you look

she burst into a laugh to cover for herself. "Stretching

't buy it f

straight road heading t

le suspicious clue. That should've made her feel relieved, but on s

inders of herself around him. Hoping to stake her claim a bit. But those sweet l

roll all over his bed, he'd still catch her every time. He'd pick up every single strand of hair she l

hunch-if Cedric ever cheated, h

rl ever sat here, or was the evidence j

l standing there, her eyes practically glued to the front passenge

havior in the ride, it wasn

Ced

denly cut throug

Cedric turned a

ung doctor

ce. And who's this?" The guy eye

exactly fit," he seeme

ly fair-like the kind only baby dolls had. A round face, cheeks soft and full like apples. Sh

ht be, calling her a woma

reath, eyes twinkl

hat's a spi

to see how Ced

question didn't even scratch the surface. He k

ed into his own guesses: "She's your sister, right?

ith Cedric knew h

g with anticipation took a nosedive.

of it?" Cedric cut the nonsense and quickly explained

ing attitude vanished. He immediately swung into action an

just hadn't eaten all day and then tripped on my way out.

slap a bandage on her forehead and be done with it. That scra

even minor knocks could be serious, C

instantly. No

arly putting the dots together. Then a smug little s

sworn enemies-they'd never just listen quietly the

c said no, she zipped her lips

was staring at him with that unreadable look. It wasn

and said to Sabrina, "Come on

oncern' to hear that little whispered jab. When Wh

eason: to win him back. So natura

t like it was being twisted in knots. She practically had to lean on the wall

out-bam-she walked sm

solid.

orehead and looked

ecause he was being nice didn't mean sh

g his way to a bench in the hallway like

t a whiff of something delicious in the air, and her sto

nkie was hooked around a plastic bag. Yep, that

g stray, and couldn't help blaming himself a little-he'd been so focused on

said, holding up the bottom of the plastic bowl as he handed he

ites right away, cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk. Mouth full, she mumbled, "Why'd y

turned his nose

r about food safety, she realized yeah, maybe those few-dollar snacks weren't ex

past. But seeing how happily she was eating, snapping bites off like they were

e out there," he lied, eye

hated those. He could already imagine the way she'd wrinkle her nose. Thinking of how she

ping a beat, she reached out and took the oatmeal from his hand, not

meone plug into a charger-only faster. She cl

d a napkin to her lips so she wouldn

a frog. She gave her chest a pat to help swallow th

e she was wearing lipstick, and the steam had turned her cheeks a ros

ot caugh

im for a second. Not actually expecting an answer, she spotted the trash bag wi

ed and snapp

one in her twenties, she still had the ener

ime' wasn't a ba

ust enough to fix that dizzy spell. She hadn't eaten o

at the hospital, she tagged along behi

heir steps back

ittle street market. Every stall had steam rising o

options here. burrito was tucked away in the corner. So why'd he

'd gotten any of those eggs o