27 ZEKE Levi ran after Lily within a heartbeat of my being deep inside his body. He’d chosen her—without a backward glance. My apology for the s**t he was about to face hot on his heels went ignored too, and I stared at the open apartment door, my heart weeping as the blood drained from my face. Even though I’d turned him away over and over, the first time he did the same to me, I couldn’t handle my inability to breathe, to blink. All I’d finally given in to, allowed myself to hope for…gone in the blink of an eye. The devil’s laughter came to life in my head, swelling until I cringed, folding in on myself. Reality slapped me across the face, and guilt poured over me like a cold as f**k tidal wave. Christ, what have I done? Curses spewed from my lips, and my guts churned while I pu

