Vera's POV

Everything would have gone smoothly if that bitch’s daughter hadn’t interfered. I was so close to making Wade mine, but Maya just had to show up right when I was about to seal the damn deal. I thought she was untrained and raw. I honestly believed she was still a novice. But whatever she pulled back at my cottage? That wasn’t some beginner’s trick.

I’m pissed, at myself, at everything. If I hadn’t wasted time making out with Wade like some teenager, and just gone all the ...