“You’re lying.”

It was all Raven could manage, but her voice cracked halfway through the words.

Jaxon didn’t flinch. “I wish I was.”

She shoved herself off the bed, pacing like the walls were closing in. “You don’t get to drop something like that on me and ” She stopped, her throat tightening. “ and kiss me like it doesn’t change everything.”

“It changes nothing.” His voice was sharp, but there was something under it, something that sounded like desperation. ...