Eden let the rescue team surround her. Put blankets around her shoulders even though it was plenty warm outside. Feed her. Shove water bottles at her. It had never felt so good to drink from a bottle before, and Eden did it eagerly.
Anything to get the sting of betrayal out of her heart. Her muscles. Her very bones radiated with the ache of Holden’s silence.
He might not have lied, but he certainly hadn’t said anything either. And to think, she’d gone on and on about the billionaire investors she’d met with, how she wanted to get her outdoor survival gear line started, all of it.
Foolishness had tears pricking her eyes, and one of the men put his arm around her and led her away from the group. “You’re okay,” he said in a calm, soothing voice. “Tell me where it hurts.”
She lifted her wr
