There’s nothing wrong with a harmless little crush, right?

And who better to crush on than the gorgeous man next door?

The one who would never look twice in my direction.

Except he does.

The first time he pins me in place with his dark gaze, I’m rendered speechless.  The first time he lays his hands on me, I melt.  And the first time he takes me, well…I fall to pieces, wondering if I’ll ever be the same again.

Everything about him screams danger.

And yet I’d be lying through my teeth if I didn’t admit that was part of the attraction.

Chicago is supposed to be a new beginning for me.  A chance to find my bearings and live again.  The man next door is the last person I should be getting involved with.

And yet, here I am.

A moth dancing too close to the flickering flame, hoping I don’t get torched.

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Protecting What's Mine

"It's not gone.  I was going to pay her back!"  Dominic plows a hand through his hair giving it a wild, disheveled look.  A panicked note I've never heard before creeps into his voice.  "I needed to get everything under control.  You have to believe me!  I was just borrowing it.  You wouldn't have ever known it was missing," he rambles.


Brimming with disbelief, I shake my head as his excuses roll around in my mind like marbles.  "I don't understand how you could pay someone to hurt me."  I thought Dominic loved me.  He was my father's best friend.  He's known me since infancy.  He was there while I grew up.  And then when the unthinkable happened.


How could he pay someone to hit me with a car?


I feel as though I'm being repeatedly stabbed in the heart with a butcher knife.  I can't breathe without pain filling every recess of my body.


Chapter 60: Grace