Ava saw the ice in his expression and went pale. "Nothing," she said quickly. "I didn't say anything..."
A hand closed around her throat without warning. Ethan's eyes went sharp and hard.
"You remember, don't you. Yara and I were married."
"I'm not losing my mind. Am I."
His grip tightened. Ava's face flushed red, her hands scrabbling against his.
"Yes," she choked out. "Ethan — yes, I remember too."
He let go.
His eyes lit up, and for a moment something almost jubilant moved across his face. "I knew it. I knew it. It's real — it has to be real."
"Yara's just angry with me. That's why she's pretending not to remember."
He didn't understand yet what had caused all this. But he was certain of one thing — Yara's feelings for him couldn't simply vanish. After everything they had been
