“I’m sure she wouldn’t mind,” Nadia counters, tearing her gaze away from Rosco and fixing it on me as if she just noticed my presence. “You wouldn’t care, right?”As she speaks, she gives me a look of innocence that makes it that much harder to say no to her, but I knew if she joined, I would be sub
[Denali’s POV]I stare in disbelief while Rosco steadily holds his gaze on me. His eyes are full of so much honesty and earnestness that it makes my heart squeeze and my stomach do a little flip.No, I whisper inwardly as I feel myself beginning to cave. If you do this, you’re just going to end up b
“And I want to know all of that,” Rosco pushes. “I want to know your every dream and goal. I want to know what makes you smile and what makes you cry. No one goes into a relationship fully knowing one another; that’s what time is for.”Dammit, why was he making this so hard? Wasn’t it enough that we
[Denali’s POV]I stare in the direction that Rosco disappeared while feeling something in me slowly shift, but despite that, I don’t move; after all, I didn’t have the right to. After a moment longer, I get up and head into the bathroom, which still holds Rosco’s scent, take a quick shower, then cha
[Denali’s POV]I continue to watch Rosco for a moment longer before downing my drink and then turning. Fine, if he wanted to be with Nadia, then he could be with Nadia. It wasn’t my place to care who was hanging on his arm anyway.Reaching out, I grab another drink and make my way toward the dance f
“Now,” William announces, turning us around so that he is blocking me. “Shall we test your theory?”Frowning, I attempt to peek past him only to be stopped as he grabs my cheeks and starts to bend, but before his face can get anywhere near mine, a snarl rips through the air, and William is being whi
[Rosco’s POV]Denali doesn’t speak as she takes me in with a mixture of embarrassment and vulnerability. I was sure that she didn’t expect things to go this way, but I did what I did for this specific purpose. Since she wasn’t willing to openly say that she was beginning to like me, I had to force i
Not needing anymore of a response, I’m swooping in, pressing our mouths together while the crowd around us begins to cheer, but soon they once again disappear, and Denali is all I can see, hear, smell, feel, and taste.When we pull apart, her eyes are dark, and a look of hunger rests in them.“Do yo