Time was the enemy. Theo realized that fact the minute he woke this morning and found Cassie in his arms. He knew this moment would come, the one where he had to release her. He couldn’t keep her locked up in his room all day and night no matter how tempting the thought might be. At least the separation was temporary. Come evening, they’d be together again.
The glass cooled his skin as he pressed his forehead to the window and stared toward the street. Cassie was opening the back door of a cab. He didn’t miss the way she peeked over her shoulder and smiled toward the hotel before she ducked inside and closed it.
He savored his last glance.
The time they’d spent together was burned into his mind, never to be removed. Watching her walk out the door was the hardest thing he’d done in a whi
