I gulped at the thought of never seeing Jace again, and I wondered where the sudden bout of reliance had come from. I’d always viewed myself as an independent woman, yet the more time I spent with Jace, the more I was becoming accustomed to being looked after. Was that a good or a bad thing? I wasn’t sure, and it may have had something to do with the fact that I could feel myself falling for him, and I already knew how much I was going to miss him.
“I’ll be fine,” I replied, with a wobble behind my tone.
He trailed his fingertips down the side of my face, and it sent a wonderful shiver down my spine.
“Come back to the hotel?” he whispered, deepening his gaze into mine.
Nodding my head in agreement, he took me by the hand once more, and we ventured back through the bustle to g
