Chapter 84

Tasha's POV

I thought I could handle the party without any problems, but a few minutes in the door and I was already panicking. 

Running into Rainer on the front steps had felt like the keys turning in the ignition of a car I wasn't driving. 

My heart raced along, my eyes sweeping the crowd to see him, and I couldn't believe I was so quickly out of control. 

It wasn't as if I hadn't seen Rainer in the last few weeks. He seemed to pop up everywhere, and I had gotten used to the sudden moments we shared. 

Once I caught sight of his fancy sports car at the little hotel in my hometown. 

I could have passed without seeing him, but I peeked in the windows and saw him sitting alone at a table. 

He claimed his work friend had just left. Two days later, he happened to be grabbing lunch at the same restaurant as me. 

When my lunch meeting fell through, we had a long meal together. I hadn't gone more than four d