NYRA

Everyone was waiting for him to speak. Lena didn’t know he was here for me, and I prayed she didn’t know. If she did, I’d be a laughingstock. I hadn’t even checked the message she had been using to tease me, but it didn’t matter. My heart was hammering for now.

Maybe I was overthinking. Since he arrived, he hadn’t landed those dark eyes of his on me. He moved them to Lena, calm, dangerous, and untouchable.

“I’m here for her,” he said. My eyes widened. Her? Was he here ...