Chapter 189

• The only place I had not checked was the back of the house and there was a high chance he wasn’t even there. But I could not just stand here and let my thoughts drive me crazy. I wasn’t even sure what I wanted to say to him, but that shuttered look in his dark eyes…
• I had seen it before. Back at the bachelor pad, all through that day when he was so silent and brooding. It was a big black wall in his eyes, blocking out everyone from seeing what he truly felt.
• I looked back at Jade by the lounge chairs. She was deeply absorbed in whatever the lady beside her was saying, sipping on a champagne flute. My eyes slid over to the pool again. Brooke was floating on her back, silently staring up at the dark sky in her own private bubble, ignoring the few people hanging around or in the pool.