WHERE OUR HEARTS MEET

r but didn't open it

here was no warmth in

iendly visit from so

change. "I'm Liam Haye

a jolt of recogn

she hes

I com

y before stepping as

ok a slow look around, noting the small but tastefully decorat

So, what does Ethan's b

ssion unreadable. "I want you to s

furrowed.

continued, voice calm but firm. "I

guard. "Again? What do you

ed. "Are you prete

he shot back, frustration

od man. A better man than you think. And the last time he le

's spine. "This is abo

. Do you think I trust you because you crawl

trust, as long as

ke him trust you

I don't work for my father.

ght now? You look like a woman sent to s

hard. "Why are

Ethan won't see the threat un

arply. "And if I

n to think otherwise. And if you become a threat,

d walked toward the doo

en, heart poundi

hat the hell was

vibrated o

or it with un

ge from

mal attire. Consider it

xhaled

father's

Li

Et

er deeper into their wo

needs to show interest, in finding out wh

he liked

*

n her bedroom, smoothing down the silky fab

as b

on contrasted against her golden skin, at the way the fabric

doing thi

iam, and her father, that she wasn't som

the final touch, a pair of diamond earrings, a gift from

zzed on the

Car's o

gh

ce the dev

**

e grand ballroom of the five-sta

low-burning fire on her skin, c

back when she was still Vincent Blake's d

ht felt d

sn't here as so

here as

Calloway w

and commanding in his tailored bl

nd unreadable, dragged over her body in that slow

but for a fleeting second, some

s lips

e room, ignoring the whisp

y smirking when

up well,

"That almost sounde

of his drink. "It w

ell, then. I'll take

y, studying her with an inten

sure you

wasn't sure I would either, b

nce stretched between

his voice dropping just enough

well you play thi

nd. "I don't play g

ow and knowin

process the words befor

e wit

n't a

itated, his smirk

fted. "Of c

darkened. "Th

azing hers, warm, firm, and dangero

ck, Elena felt the heat of his palm seeping through th

to let it

d on his shoulder, fingers barely pressin

ot forceful, leading her effortlessl

one this a hundred times before. The ballroom lights reflected

air, but all Elena could focus on was Ethan, the way his

red, tilting his head slightly as t

y. "I'm a Princess in case

ng dangerously close to amusemen

ed. "You

barely noticeable, but enough for her to catch

t, who tho

ntion of making t

w him off, just enough to make him wonder. He was used to

n't be on

iberately, as he pulled her just a little c

ips curving slightly. "I

barely there, but s

e smooth as silk. "You showed up tonight in

eath c

tter yours

rushing dangerously clos

spent her life perfecting the art of indifference, of keep

wasn't going

r you?" she countered, tilting he

ly, deliberately, "you cam

elieve whatever I

way she could peacefully do her job without t