Don’t lose your grace.
Do NOT lose your grace.
I take a deep breath and step away from his grip before turning around to face him.
He looks as handsome as three years ago, his eyes as piercing as always.
“Evening Barraza,” I say, and I feel Kim squeeze my hand before she disappears into the crowd leaving me stand there face-to-face with him. Just the two of us, once again just the two of us.
“Will you ever call me anything other than Barraza?”
“Where’s your fiancée Barraza?” I just want to meet her and get it over with. Say my polite greetings and good wishes before I run and hide.
“So, you heard.” There is unfamiliar awkwardness in his eyes that I have never seen there before, but he blinks it away and his dark confidence is back.
“I did. Where is she? I want to congra
