3 Years Before The gala was a success. Rachael and Abigail hit it out of the park with their presentation. The evening was coming to a full circle and it seemed almost nothing had gone wrong. Well. Almost nothing. Goosebumps prickled across Ada’s hot flushed skin. A warm hand had moved to rest at her bare lower back. It was almost too hot where his hand lay, but whenever he moved, her skin was left too cool and aching. After he had tucked her into his side on the red carpet, he had kept his touch on her skin all night. He had refused to leave her side, nor let her leave his. The sitting of her table and his table was suspiciously right next to each other. Which made things not difficult for her at all to fulfill her obligations as a friend while he kept her next to him. But th

