Chapter 72

• Leon gazes deep into her eyes with a blank expression as though he's thinking. Not having the same hormonal meltdown she is with being this intimately close. He seems relaxed like she's exactly where he wants her. Before the accident, he would never have casually initiated this proximity unless something required physical contact and restraint.
• "Come with me to something. POLO's fiftieth celebration event is in two days at our building. The public announcement goes live tomorrow that you're here and alive, and they will hound you until they see you in public. Let me take you there, and at least I can give them what they want in a controlled environment." He lifts one hand and brushes the hair from her cheek and behind her ear, so softly, so unexpectedly that she flinches and tears her gaze from his. Pushing his hand away impulsively.
• "I don't know." Sophia turns her face sideways to avoid him, but he follows with a head tilt to stay locked on her face.