Chapter 570

The distance between them closed, inch by inch.

Their breaths tangled together, heavy and warm.

But just before his lips met Evelyn's, Brooks stopped himself, holding back.

He gazed down at the softness so close he could nearly taste it.

Brooks' breathing lost its rhythm.

His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, tension thrumming through him.

A storm of emotions flickered in his eyes.

But in the end, the kiss landed gently on Evelyn's forehead-a feather-light touch.

A whisper of a kiss.

Gone before it could even begin.

It wasn't that Brooks didn't desire Evelyn.

On the contrary, he ached to be close to her.

But he wanted their next step-any deeper intimacy-to happen when Evelyn was fully awake, fully aware.

Halfway through the drive, rain began to fall, tapping insistently against the windows.

Evelyn slept on, undisturbed by the storm outside.

When the car finally stopped in front of Evelyn's new place, Brooks glanced over and saw she was still sound asleep.

He signaled for the driver to leave them alone.

He didn't wake her.

Sitting so still for so long, his legs prickled with uncomfortable numbness, but he didn't move, not wanting to disturb her.

he picked up his tablet, slipped on his Bluetooth earpiece, and dealt with work

at Evelyn, his gaze soft, simply waiting

At the hospital

came to check

updates about

over

The route was all wrong, the

sent a chill through her: the

words made Dahlia's skin crawl, a cold dread washing

awaited her

felt at escaping evaporated

there was nowhere

and used it to please the three

hardly going to say no-Dahlia had been their distraction, their

did everything

keep them satisfied, hoping

to the northern border.

not to deliver

already made

would mean

knew which side their bread was

from one man to

soon as she arrived, she was shoved into

doing what

this way, always waiting for

dreamed of something straight out of a movie: seducing

who could

her sights

put on her best act, used every

And finally, it worked.

her, enough to risk everything

moment she stepped out of that compound, Dahlia felt, for once, that fate

alive and

never expected that escaping the compound wouldn't mean escaping

had set things up

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