Chapter Thirty
Haley was pulling away. Axel could feel it. Feel it in the way she avoided his gaze, the way her eyes grew distant and sad when she thought no one was looking. Dread charged through him.
Goddammit, she was going to bolt.
He steeled himself. Not if he could help it.
He scanned the party and caught sight of her with Millie and Emmaline. She laughed, just then, at something one of the women had said, her face lighting. Something pulled tight within him. Twisted up and seized hard around his heart. She was so perfectly lovely, perfectly at ease, so perfect for him.
He jammed his hand into his pocket, fingers fiddling with the ring he’d been carrying around for three days. It hadn’t been easy, making an excuse to drive to Manhattan during cleanup. But then the opportunity ha
