Chapter 24. Insistence

The memory of that night flashed through her mind. The dim light barely allowed Elice to see the face of the man who approached her. The warmth in his gaze invited her to get to know him, to talk to him, and maybe more.

In a hotel room, Elice found the man delving further into her life. Until she decided that the incident was nothing more than an insignificant distraction, something she needed to forget as quickly as possible.

But who would have guessed? Despite her best efforts to avoid it, even after miles apart, their paths somehow crossed again. In a place she never expected?

Oh, God. It felt like Elice's body was shaking from top to bottom. It was almost as if all her joints suddenly lost their strength. For one question kept swirling in her head.

How? How could this happen?

Trying to look away from those intense eyes, Elice realized that her body seemed to have a mind of its own. She couldn't seem to shift her focus from there. As if she was be