“Don’t you think it’s inappropriate to hold a married woman like that?”
I heard the voice before I could even turn fully, and my body went cold immediately. Not cold like fear… Cold like the kind of shock that freezes the breath in your throat and leaves your mind completely blank. The type of cold that comes when the last person you ever expected to see suddenly stands in front of you like a ghost that refused to stay dead.
Silas.
Standing right there, just a few feet behind Jaxon and me.
It felt like the world spun a little. I could literally hear the sound of my heartbeat… It was so loud, I could have sworn they heard it. My mouth felt dry. I didn’t even move at first because I didn’t understand what I was seeing. It was like my brain was waiting for the rest of my life to catch up
