LOGINThe night before her wedding, Eva caught her fiancé in another woman's bed. So she stumbled into the arms of a stranger to numb the pain. It'll just be one night, no names and definitely no strings attached. She'd never see him again. But, she was so wrong. Now Eva's daughter is sick, her ex is fighting for custody, and the only man who can help is the one she swore to forget. Dante De Luca. New York's most feared businessman, her ex-fiancé's brother. And the stranger who's not letting her walk away twice.
View MoreI was up before Lily, which was saying something. She'd inherited Jace's ability to sleep through anything, including the sound of her mother tossing and turning until three in the morning. I'd spent those dark hours staring at the ceiling, replaying every text, every word, every stupid decision that had led me to agree to coffee with a man I barely knew.By seven in the morning, I had Lily dressed, fed, and her backpack packed. Her hair was in two braids and she wouldn't stop bouncing on the couch, asking if daddy will pick her up from school today.Well, he'll have to pry her from my cold dead hands.I didn't have the heart to tell her that Jace probably wouldn't show up for pickup like he's been promising for weeks. Some disappointments were still waiting around the corner.But then, he might.Jace was unpredictable, and after what happened yesterday, the chances of him appearing at school is up by seventy.“I don't think daddy will come today, baby. Just let the school bus pick yo
I didn't answer, I really couldn't answer. Because what was there to say? Yes, I kissed a stranger in a bar hallway twelve hours before my wedding . Yes, I let him drive me home and carry my sleeping daughter to the couch while my heart pounded like a teenager's who just had her first kiss.Half measures had never been my strength if we're being honest, but that's not the point. What I did was wrong and it's never happening again. Chloe can have a field day just this one. But she seemed to sense that I'd reached my limit for interrogation. She squeezed my shoulder once, then busied herself making tea in the small kitchenette.The tea was chamomile, because Chloe knew me too well. I wrapped my hands around the warm mug and let the heat seep into my fingers while she sat across from me on the floor, her back against the couch, her own mug cradled against her chest.“We'll figure it out,” she said quietly. “Jace is an idiot, seriously don't let him get to you.” She rolled her eyes. “Eve
He must have followed us. Or guessed. Or maybe he'd been circling the block, waiting for me to return, and found me here instead.It didn't matter.I just hope he didn't see Dante leave, or this would be a whole new problem. Jace wouldn't let the fact that I drove in another's car go.I slammed the door, my fingers fumbling for the lock, and got it turned a second before his knocks came.“Eva!” He yelled, slamming his fists into the door, for a second I thought he would break the door. “Eva! Open the fucking door!”I pressed my back against the wood, my heart hammering so hard I could feel it in my throat.“Go home, Jace. We have nothing to talk about. If you keep this on I'll have no choice but to call the cops.”His fist hit the door again, harder this time. “Well, let's talk about Lily!.”“You’ll see her when I want you to see her. I can't have my daughter live with a man that sleeps with everything in skirt, Jace. I can't have her grow up thinking it's okay.” I sighed. He's crazy
Chloe appeared at my side before I could say another word to him, her hand finding my elbow with a grip that said she'd let me have my moment but now it was over."We've got a problem," she murmured close to my ear, her voice low enough that only I could hear. “Car won't start. Something with the battery, I think. I've been trying to call the technician but his line isn't going through.”I blinked at her, the fog in my brain struggling to shift from Dante to the problem at hand. “What?”“Car. Won't. Start.” She jerked her head toward the street where Mira was already standing by the hood, looking at her phone with growing impatience while Lily slept against her shoulder. "I'll have to go get him."Dante cleared his throat. “I can drop you off.”I turned back to face him, my heart stuttering at how close he'd moved without me noticing. “No. That's—no. Thank you, but we're fine. We'll just call a taxi.”“Eva.” I should probably ask him to stop calling my name like that. “You have a slee












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