James POV

Her eyes flashed angrily. "Oh, for goodness' sake, James. You need a diversion. All this tension, all this fixation—it's bad for you."

I clenched my jaw. "Obsession?"

She crossed them, leaning forward in affected amusement. "Don't pretend to be ignorant. You have no clue where my thoughts lie."

I said nothing.

“Rose,” she spat on her lips, spittle and poison on her tongue. "After everything, and she's still the woman haunting in your thoughts, isn't she?"

I ...