er have come

old me to turn around and leave. But I couldn't. Not when everything I

laughter and clinking glasses filling the air. They wore designer gowns and tailored suits like badges, symbols of money an

tall. Just a few hours, I reminded myself. Smile, talk

's when

Sin

seen him in five years, not since the night he walked away without saying good

ulders, the same perfectly styled dark hair, and piercing blue eyes that once undid me. He was still the perfect and ca

o feel him inside me. That dangerous, familiar desire. I moaned involuntarily as I remembered how he had gotten me screaming in ecstasy all those years ag

t. I could still dis

but he suddenly gla

ur eye

gaze locked into mine, and for a split second, I saw recognitio

t him affect me. No

efore I could take a single step, a s

me? But I knew I was more angry at how his touch made me feel.

lla,"

eep, rough, familiar, mad

g every bit of self-control

ve of memories rushing back - hot, steamy nights we'd spent togeth

on my ear, and my ear tingles. Every cell in my body still wanted him. But I knew I had

laugh. "I could

nothing had ever happened. As if h

my hand free. My skin still

alk away, I heard a

om

art d

was what I had been trying t

the hand of his nanny with one hand and his tiny stuffed bear with the other. His big

complete

as he looked from Ethan to me. I

. His voice was differe

as my worst nightmare,

eyes never leaving Etha

nearly

it out. Ethan had his e

grab my son and run. But I

t through the f

w do you tell the man who broke you that yo

ent. Or maybe it was just the soun

, and I knew. He'd al

. "Liam, this

't," he snapped,

," I whispered, gla

face softened just a litt

top him, he crouched d

tightene

y, just blinked at him, curiosit

rie

. I wanted to stop everything. But I c

detail like he was trying to memorize

t me, and the questio

n't you

asy answer. I couldn't explain four

he only th

d, holding it tigh

sed. "Is

now," I said, my voice

n toward the doors, my hear

the ballroom doors, I

mean you can'

eyes shut an

dare lo