Life was full of inescapable frustrations. Alicia couldn't understand why something so simple had become such a storm of complications through her own doing.
She perched on the edge of the bed, knees drawn to her chest, her mind empty yet her heart in turmoil.
Perhaps she should have been grateful. Carlos could give her everything—privileges most women would kill for.
Tears shimmered in her eyes as she inhaled sharply. The memories of their trio's school days now seemed laughably tragic.
She'd always assumed she was the last girl Carlos would ever notice. Every encounter left her burning under his contemptuous gaze—or so she'd believed.
The truth? He'd been hopelessly in love with her. His feelings, carefully guarded, never surfaced—until the eve of her wedding, when his restraint fin
