~LIAM.
Goddamn!
She was staring up at me with those confused, round green eyes, and it was taking everything in me not to lose my restraint. The sight of her sitting on that bed, fingers trembling near the black box I'd set down, was enough to test my self-control.
When she begged me to help her forget, I won't lie—I was pissed. After everything I did to pull her out of that hollow state she'd been in for the past week, she still had that bastard Jake on her mind. I had brought her to the lake—the one place that keeps me sane—and for a minute, I thought I had her smiling, free.
Then she kissed me. Desperately. Begging me to wipe Jake from her memory.
Exhaling slowly, I reined in my frustration. One step at a time, I reminded myself.
Her lips parted, and she finally managed to ask, "I
