Talia had always been the kind of person who loved hard and hated harder. To her, Chloe’s arrival had stolen the father who was supposed to belong to her alone, so she’d always treated Chloe with cold distance.

Over the years, the two of them had managed a fragile peace.

But Chloe’s intimate closeness made Talia resist on instinct. She shifted toward the other side of the bed.

Chloe pretended not to notice. Her hand brushed lightly against ...