Chapter 18

He looked so handsome in that rare moment of vulnerability. I couldn't believe it was the same man I used to shy away from, scared of his dark eyes. His domineering aura and the way he carried himself with an edge of confidence that made me feel helplessly smitten.

I am still deliciously sore from last night. If I shut my eyes tight enough, the dread of what we did passes over me. But it doesn't last. I open my eyes and the sweet memory of our beautiful lovemaking is marred by my sheer terror of what this meant for us now. For me.

If I remember how dangerously close I got to confessing that I loved him as he took me through three mind-shattering orgasms, I am filled with horror.

I came so close to telling him how much I felt for him since I met him three years ago and how those feelings didn't diminish in intensity even with the gulf of years between us. For all my restraints, it was just me trying to protect my treacherous heart.

I push the elevator button open whe