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.

on his

and calls, he'd glance over at Evelyn, his gaze soft,

At the hospital

came to

about Dahlia from the

little over a

she realized something was wrong. The route was all wrong,

pointed to sent

Dahlia's skin

exactly what awaited her if

joy she'd felt

at sea, there was

nothing left but her body, and used it to

to say no-Dahlia had been their

did everything she

keep them satisfied, hoping

to the northern border.

not

made a deal with

Dahlia go would mean

knew which

man to the next,

soon as she arrived, she was

she welcomed every customer, doing what

through a brutal month this

dreamed of something straight out

could help her

sights

on her best act, used every trick she

And finally, it worked.

for her, enough to risk everything and arrange for

compound, Dahlia felt, for once, that fate

alive and free,

escaping the

set things up in

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