BOOK 3: CHAPTER 40 -ELAINE- I must be going insane. As shaken as I was by his reaction, I was turned on by it. I had to snap myself out of it, reminding myself that he yelled at me and caged me to a wall. The sting of his words hadn’t even faded. I managed to pull my head from under these stra
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 39 -ELAINE- To say I was surprised was an understatement. But I was just as excited. I urged them to come inside the house. I could feel Duncan’s eyes on me. Not in the obvious, lingering way most men look when they think you’re attractive. No, Duncan’s gaze was… different. Thou
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 38 -ELAINE- The journey was long. Not just in distance but in atmosphere. A small bus full of first-year med students and boxes of donated supplies, bumping down a winding road into rural terrain, should’ve been enough distraction. But it wasn’t. Not with Duncan two rows behind me.
BOOK 3 : CHAPTER 37 -ELAINE- The next day, I could barely concentrate at work. Not even at the important meeting that I was at with my colleagues. All I could think about was Duncan’s presence in the shadows the night before. All I could see was his face, half-lit by moonlight, watching me like he
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 36 -ELAINE- No matter how I tried to ignore Duncan’s subtle looks, I couldn’t. He acted as if he did not care, but I felt his eyes on me all evening. He probably thought I didn’t notice. Typical of him to believe he was invisible, unobserved and untouchable. But I had learned to
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 35 -DUNCAN- I stood near the far end of the room, drink in hand, nodding at whoever nodded first, pretending not to see the way people kept trying to pull me into conversations I had no interest in. My face was calm. Neutral. Unbothered. But inside? I was simmering. That woman… O