I gulped at the thought of never seeing Jace again, and I wondered where the sudden bout of reliance had come from. I��d always viewed myself as an independent woman, yet the more time I spent with Jace, the more I was becoming accustomed to being looked after. Was that a good or a bad thing? I wasn��t sure, and it may have had something to do with the fact that I could feel myself falling for him, and I already knew how much I was going to miss him.
����������I��ll be fine,�� I replied, with a wobble behind my tone.
��������He trailed his fingertips down the side of my face, and it sent a wonderful shiver down my spine.
����������Come back to the hotel?�� he whispered, deepening his gaze into mine.
��������Nodding my head in agreement, he took me by the hand once more, and w
