CHAPTER 44
Ava’s POV
The bathroom door clicked shut behind me, shutting out the noise from Cain’s bedroom.
For the first time in what felt like hours, I found myself completely alone.
I leaned against the sink and let out a slow breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding. My pulse had finally begun to settle after everything that had happened, from the fight at the bar to patching Cain’s wound, fooling the federal agents, and…
The kiss.
I squeezed my eyes shut.
Why did I keep thinking about it?
It hadn’t even lasted that long.
Cain had pulled away almost immediately, and I’d apologized just as quickly as he had. Neither of us had expected it to happen, yet the memory refused to leave my mind.
I looked up at my reflection in the mirror.
My cheeks still carried the faintest trace
