Liam left that morning with one last kiss and a promise that tasted too sweet to doubt.

I'll call the second I land, he’d said, pulling me into his chest like I was the only thing tethering him to earth.

“I hate that I have to leave right now,” he murmured against my hair. “But I need to fix this deal myself. It will only be a few days.”

My fingers brushed his collar as I looked up. “You telling me the big boss couldn’t pull a few strings and skip it?”

He grinned, kissed me ...