After One Reckless Night
e luxury of wondering why h
, the past crashed over her like a wave.
other party. A luxurious
marry, had hosted it in honor of their "upcoming union." Eve
lso her
trapped in a glass jar. Beautiful
her throat felt more like a collar. The champagne tasted like poison
pt saying s
didn't f
elt d
what she wanted. He only cared
'd had
ghter and empty toasts, sh
e mansion, clutching her purse, escap
son she thought could
. Her almost
ne more slap w
ached his house,
tairs, the rhythmic thud, the moa
cold. Maybe.... maybe
epped
heard h
God. I was never s
y blink
o
d till I found
No
hest squeezed so tight she
then came the voice tha
eep up with that
ar
fr
but close enough
as it reached for the doo
d the moment she s
. Clothes everywhere. Skin, swea
e upon se
Clara screamed, scram
?! What t
l
echoed. She was trembling, breathing hard
wrong with you?" R
s it. The f
yan's face. This time ev
reaking. "After everything I gave up for y
ght. Her mascara stung her
u promised me?!" she scre
or her birthday. She had hoped... may
t
was
liat
ran. Out of the hous
ement as her shoes came o
the tears blurred her path. Not even when her lungs
d to disappear
without ex
ht with
hole. The neon lights,
p. At a hotel bar and ordered
, then another.
ard the restroom to ease her
, she pushed the wrong door op
s dim
rk-haired, half-drunk, exp
ryce Har
e her... he
ed into moans and heat.
ng to forget thems
ight b
with a hollow chest, a raging headache,
nnoticed, shame sin
elp, she later
ccounts. His men were scouring the city already,
e didn
more than what came
as pr
, years
uch she couldn't forget, w
ouldn't believe he he was seein
e couldn't
he present, his gaze so intense it burned. "You think I woul
parted, but no
retending you don't remember? Or should I remind you right here and right
, hands trembling
peak, neither
she did
mbered e
scarie
art of her wanted
ctrifyin
his face loomed over hers, his hot breath on her