As we made our way back to the house, he held me firmly against his side. I struggled, trying to break free, but his grip around my waist tightened in warning. His sharp gaze flickered down at me, silently daring me to challenge him again.

I didn’t want to notice anything about him. I refused to. But damn it, he smelled too good intoxicatingly so. Being this close to him made it impossible not to.