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The screaming guitar riff.
The broken-hearted singer crying about his empty heart.
I’m there.
In the song.
In the moment.
And then I glance up and everything stops.
A familiar building looks back at me. Shabby paint. Two thick dumpsters. Windows filled with a mixture of light and darkness.
This is Asia’s apartment.
I drove without a specific destination in mind and somehow ended up here.
My heart led me to her.
Her apartment’s on the third floor.
I can’t see anything from up here—thankfully. Which means that she’s been safe from pervs and prying eyes all the years before I met her.
That’s important.
Because I want to protect this woman.
For the rest of my life.
My heart pounds a frantic rhythm as the light glows, piercing the darkness.
I sit there in my car, my hands tight on the steering wheel.
I tell myself to go, but I don’t make any moves to.
One minute passes.
Then thirty.
Then an hour.
I stay there in Asia’s parking lot until she turns off all the lights.
Twenty-Seven
Asia
“That looks fabulous, girl.” Tierra grins brightly and twists her finger in a circle. “Spin around.”
“You don’t think it’s too…”
“What?” Elizabeth arches an eyebrow.
“Much?” I wince, glancing down at the red cocktail dress that hugs my figure and shows off my cleavage. “It’s just a dinner with an engineer, right? Shouldn’t it be more… formal?”
“The Jensen deal is very important.”
“I’m aware,” I mumble.
