Ava opened her mouth, but no words came. She scratched under her ear, eyes darting away, and slowly turned to retreat into her bedroom.
“Do you mind spending the night with me, huh?”
Zac’s voice crackled through the phone and froze her mid-step.
Her mind reeled.
That night… The one where she had given herself to him completely. Willingly. A moment that had scorched itself into her memory.
Just the thought of it made her chest tighten. A wave of heat surged up her arm, searing into her heart like a flash fire.
She struggled to swallow the knot rising in her throat.
“It’s quite late now, Zac,” she managed, her voice barely steady.
“I’m right outside your apartment.”
Her eyes flew open in disbelief.
Shaky breath catching in her chest, Ava turned toward the window. Her heart stumbled
