Chapter 10

• "You're staring at me," Alek said without opening his eyes.
• Emma propped herself on one elbow, watching the morning light play across his face. "Can you blame me?"
• They lay in Alek's bed, sheets tangled around them. After leaving the hospital the previous night, they'd barely made it through his front door before months of tension had finally broken. What followed was everything Emma had imagined during those long weeks of professional distance—and considerably more.