SLOANE

I stiffened instantly, my chest growing taut.

I couldn’t quite put a finger on what he was about to do, but I began to shake my head, my hands already prepared to push him away if he tried anything inappropriate.

“Tell me, are you back? D…did you decide to come back?” His head moved even closer, a flicker of desire in his gaze in his eyes. But in a snap it was gone.

It was clear, obvious he had mistook me for Scarlett but the moment his mouth inched closer to mine, I ...