The moment the hot water hit her skin, Chloe seemed to come alive. Color slowly returned to her pale face.

"What happened? Why weren't you at the hospital?" Horrace asked, directing the handheld shower head over her.

He tried reading her face, but her eyes were so dewy it made his throat go dry.

Looking down at her instead didn't help—the hot water had turned her skin a tempting pink. His Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard.

She clearly wasn't herself right ...