Chloe’s pov
"Wait." Hudson's hand shot out and caught my elbow before I made it three steps toward Lisa's door, and I stopped only because ripping free of him in front of the whole street would have drawn more attention than I wanted.
A few doors down, one of the neighbors had paused mid-sweep on her porch, pretending not to watch us
I rolled my eyes, I did not come home for this. I only came to see Lisa and leave before anyone caught a whiff of me but it looks like that ship has sailed.
"Let go of me."
"Please. Just give me one more minute." His voice cracked in a way that might have worked on me two months ago, might have sent me straight back into his arms without a second thought. It didn't work now, it only just made my irritation increase. "Marking Edith wasn't what I wanted. C
