Seven Days to a Kiss

lass of water and found Ethan in the dark, sitting in his armch

's perfume, a cloying gardenia scent that

leep?" I as

s softened. He looked at me, really looked at me, and

red, his voice thick w

g my cheek. It was the most tender touch I had ever received from him. He leane

anished, replaced by a cold fury. He snat

pping with venom. "What the hell

Ethan

"You've always been manipulative. Wearing her perfume, standing in the dark l

y voice trembling. "It's Tar

gerously low. "She's nothing like you. She's pure.

king me against the wall.

the tabloids, staging those ridiculous affairs. Did you think I was a

into my flesh. It was the first time he had ever laid a

whispered, fear co

eath was hot with anger. "Is that what this is all about? You're so st

l, his body trapping mine. It wasn't desi

tears streaming down my f

. For a second, I thought he might. But then

eleased me so abruptly that I stumb

t time, with pure disgus

roken. The red thread on my wrist seemed to burn, a stark reminder that my time w