Chapter 337: Thursday. Damascus, Syria.

I MISSED YOU.

Two hours later and those three words were still playing through Vara's head.

They'd found a café not far from the spot where she was scheduled to meet with Djinn and were currently doing a great job of not looking at each other.

She found it hard to believe Alec had thought twice about her since their fling. She'd been a diversion, just like her mother had said. What kind of man thought about a kid he'd met years ago and only knew for a few months?

That was crazy.

Then why was he still the man by which she measured all others?

The few relationships she'd had were all failed from the start. Even her longest relationship. The only reason she'd dated the attaché guy working for the ambassador was because their schedules barely aligned. It was easy to string that out when they barely saw each other, but eventually she'd faced the facts. He didn't make her feel the way Alec had. So she'd given up on men in general save for a pleasurable distraction here and there. Inste