KIMBERLY

My heart was beating so fucking fast I thought it might explode as the door clicked shut behind my mom.

Why was I jealous? Why the hell was I jealous?

I had no right to be. No fucking right. That man… Cole, is my mom’s fiancé. Her husband-to-be. They’re getting married next week. Next fucking week. And yet here I am, sitting on this couch with my thighs pressed together because every time he looks at me, I feel like my body is on fire.

And just now, when she was sitting on ...