Chapter 18

• He froze lips a hair's breadth from hers. She felt his body stiffen and she jerked back, scrambling from his lap and reaching for her phone.
• She looked at him apologetically, but his eyes stopped the words in her throat. He’d seen the display of her phone, he knew who was calling and the lust that had darkened his eyes was gone, replaced with the cold hard glint of a stranger.
• He stood and stalked away as she swiped the screen to answer the call.