Chapter 5

I stood there with my eyes closed, half undressed in his study, waiting for the moment I'd been chasing and dreaming of for weeks .

It didn't come.

Instead I felt his hand leave my waist. Felt the space between us open up again, cold air rushing in where his body had been. I opened my eyes and he'd already stepped back, running a hand through his hair, his jaw tight like he was fighting something with everything he had.

"Get dressed, Elena."

"You have got to be fucking kidding me." I grabbed my pants off the floor, yanking them…