Chapter 113

“Why not you?” he calmly said like there was no other answer that could exist in his world.

Grace stood there quietly, her eyes searching his face as the wind played gently between them. His words sank into her slowly, spreading warmth through her chest. She hadn’t expected that kind of answer. She hadn’t expected it to feel so real. For a moment, it was just the two of them standing close with the moon above, and the night wrapping them in something that felt almost too good to be true.

She opened her mouth to speak again but didn’t get the chance.

The sound of hurried footsteps suddenly echoed from the stairwell below. Heavy, fast, and getting closer. Men. Several of them were heading up.

Keegan turned his head toward the rooftop door, his smile never quite fading. But his eyes sharpened. He stepped slightly away from Grace, not out of fear, but as if he already knew how this moment would end.

“Oops,” he said with a light, teasing voice, the same way