Passionate Crossfire

PTE

3: "Midnig

triumph as Ava nodded, he

claimed her mouth, his

ssed him back, the city ligh

ct harmony, the tension between the

, Ethan's eyes locked onto

Ava," he stated, his voi

w. My pl

is commanding tone, yet she fou

pered, her voic

a faint smile, his eyes g

car for you," he sa

wondering what she

the night, her mind reeling wit

he lights to reveal a cozy, cluttered space fill

Ava leaned against it, closing he

up in a low-income household with a single mother,

to escape poverty and create a better life for h

full scholarship to law school, and eventu

rock throughout - always encouraging, suppo

onfided everything in her mother,

life had been mar

had been a fellow lawyer - char

, and Ava thought she'd

ison - he'd cheated on her with a colleag

but she'd channeled her pain into her work,

partment, Ava's thoughts t

ected encounter with Ethan - her mind repla

harming smile and piercing blue eyes that

nd she wondered what tomorrow would bring

the clock struck midnight, and Av

lf a glass of wine, and sat on the cou

Ethan'

uilding, watching her disappear i

red his throat beside m

ou home?" he asked,

ll fixated on

p everything on Ava Morales -

n eyebrow but n

ks ago," Marcus repeated, handing me a thick

r, dismissing Ma

cus. I'll revie

ng me alone in my slee

ey, sat on the couch, a

nts rev

ge:

litigator at pre

Law degree

Morales - former teacher, curre

Thompson, fellow lawyer, until his infid

artment, has significant savi

owed as I re

n was marked "Pri

a large corporation (mine) fo

a rival company to dig up d

the folder

t a beautiful woman who

ential threat

oto in the file - her bright

igence and determination,

r kiss, the sparks

a that I hadn't experien

I would see her again, and maybe uncover w

f to sleep, Ava's face