Cole’s POV - In the Car

The silence in the car was suffocating.

Eva stared out the window, her body angled away from me. Creating distance even in the confined space. Marcus drove with professional focus, pretending we weren’t radiating tension like a physical force.

I should say something. Acknowledge what just happened. The kiss that had taken every ounce of control I possessed not to deepen. Not to pull her closer and forget every rule I’d made.

For appearances, I’d said. Like a ...