for some reason , seeing him like this was worse than anything else that 'd happened to me . loosing those two seconds , the two seconds that i stood there motionless caused my plan to crumble . i was supposed to call to collin using the bond . he was near enough to hear me . al was somewhere nearby , waiting to pounce . as soon as i head the metallic click of the bathroom door locking , i should have called collin

mitchell glared at her with concern when she skidded to a halt , breathless and flushed , in front of him . '' see here , you all right ? '' he asked . '' something wrong ? '' '' no , no , that 's what i 'm trying to tell you . '' still breathing hard , she shot a quick , unreadable glance at nick and then turned back to mitchell

besides , he 'd repeatedly told her it did n't matter to him about her and vane , so surely that had sunk in by now . surely that meant something to her . surely it was enough . nick moaned and rubbed his fingers into his eyes . of course it would n't have sunk in . she did n't believe for one minute that he did n't care about vane

i could n't quite understand why she thought this man would know something else , but she did . i knew no purpose would be served by letting her know i 'd picked up on her secret , so i smiled at her and told stan , without turning to look at him , '' she can go . i 've gotten everything . '' i absorbed the look of relief on bethany 's face before i turned to look at
stan