Forbidden By Her Sister's Husband
he had left her with in the lobby bathroom was a physical debt she didn't know how to pay, and the shame of that hunger was more suffocating than any lock he had ever placed on a door.
Aria forced herself out of bed. She moved through the routine of showering and dressing with mechanical precision, trying not to look at her own reflection. She chose a high-collared knit top, something that felt like a barrier, though she knew by now that barriers didn't exist where Damian Cross was concerned. By the time she stepped into the elevator to descend to the archives, her hands were steady, but the knot in her stomach was tightening with every floor.
The sub-basement archives were exactly as she ha