She put her arm around his shoulders. “Because I hadn’t met you yet.”
“No, seriously.”
“But I am serious. Oh, I suppose I was bored. He can be charming when he’s not trying to prove himself.”
Drayco eyed the heart rock. “Not to climb up on a moral high horse, but when you were seeing Oakley, did you stop to consider Nanette?”
“I didn’t want her to find out. She wasn’t a b***h or anything. But Oakley was unhappy, or he wouldn’t have come to me, would he? And who am I to question someone’s motives? I went along for the ride.”
Life was a series of rides for Darcie. No real journey, no destination. This was both her greatest asset—an ability to live in the moment and drain every drop out of it—and her greatest liability. A beautiful bird hovering in the air, never touching down.
“What do
