Frankie was shocked as she opened the door, her eyes wide. "I'm sorry I was loud. I forget there is someone next to me now. I will try to keep the noise down." She assumed the noise had bugged him. That couldn't be further from the truth. He needed to see her. He had tried everything to keep busy, to keep her out of his head, and all he had managed to think about was how his brother and her best friend robbed him. He shouldn't be here, she was the forbidden fruit. His mother was about to marry her father. It would not go down well. The multiple drinks he had this evening, that he had intended to help him forget, were egging him on, encouraging him. He was staring at her with so much intensity he forgot to answer her, his eyes fixated on her mouth. Her delicious plump lips were slightly par
