Chapter 142

• Damon:
• The city faded behind us, swallowed by the stretch of forest roads and the hum of the engine. I kept one hand on the wheel, the other wrapped around hers where it rested on her thigh. She hadn’t said much since we left the office, but I could feel the tension radiating off her. The soft way she leaned into my touch, the way her fingers twitched every few seconds like she wanted to ask me something but didn’t.
• And I knew that no matter how hard she was trying to contain herself, the question still roamed around her mind.