Chapter 21

Vera

The seconds ticked by as I waited with bated breath. Although I didn’t know what it was, there was something I needed. None of the guys I’ve spoken to or spent time with knew what it was. They couldn’t show me and I wasn’t going to ask. As those three little dots lit up the screen, I wondered how Dane would answer.

Would he prove me right and notice that I’d disobeyed? Or would he not pick up on it? And which of the two did I want to happen? I wanted him to guess it right. I wanted him to know. I wanted him to see me. Ever since I was little, I’ve been invisible. I needed Dane to be everything I fantasized about, everything I searched for in the dark romance books I hid. As my phone lit up and his messaged appeared, my eyes hungrily rolled over his words.

Dane: Someone’s been a bad girl.

The sharp inhale of breath