“I know the way, Cristian.” The dismissive female voice and the sound of high heels clacking on marble froze me in my tracks. I knew that voice.
Shit.
I felt like all the blood was draining from my face, leaving me light-headed.
“BD? What’s wrong?”
I opened my mouth, but no words came out. Before I could work through the lump in my throat, the woman I’d hoped to never see again cleared the corner, a consternated Cristian hot on her heels and red-faced.
“Everything okay out here?” Reed poked his head out of the dining room and cursed when he spotted her before bobbing back inside. But I couldn’t worry about him or anybody else. The only person I could think of was Leigh.
This couldn’t be happening at a worse time.
Not now. Not when we’d finally connected, finally taken that next step
