Chapter 236

• Zoe walked to her room on shaky legs and aching feet. A slice of moonlight bisected the room, and in its silver wash she peeled off her dress, shrugged out of her underwear and fell onto the bed. She shouldn’t feel this way, she told herself. She shouldn’t feel so…lacerated. Her soul, her mind, her heart in tatters.
• Steve had never hurt her this much, and the realisation that she’d allowed it only added to her pain. Why had she let Leandro affect her? When had she become so vulnerable?
• She closed her eyes, longing for the oblivion of sleep. She certainly felt exhausted, yet sleep eluded her. Memories did not.