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fly from my lips. Staggering back, my brow furrowed, I stared at this woman she'd called Mellie.
    "I don't know. I’m sure he’ll be around." Mellie said to Birdie, before she turned her attention back to me, resting a hand on her hip.
    Birdie stepped beside me and gave my arm a squeeze. "Leo, this is Mellie. Mellie, this is Leo." Then Birdie was gone, flitting between the guests on her search to find some guy named Mike.
    Mellie stuck out her hand, and I stared at it for several long seconds before I took it. There were no sparks, no heat, between me and this girl who looked so much like the one I tried to forget.
    "So you’re Drake’s brother. It’s nice to meet you."
    "Yeah. You, too." I managed to get the words out without sounding like a psychopath. "Sorry about that. You remind me—"
    Rooted to the spot, still holding her hand, I was unable to get the rest of the sentence out, because across the yard, strolling arm in arm with some guy, was the girl. The one girl whose face I had never planned on seeing again and hadn't wanted to. Too bad her damn face stayed with me always. Shaking my head to bring myself back to the present situation, I let go of Mellie. She followed my gaze, glancing behind her before breaking into a grin and striding away. "Hey, Mike, Lola. You took your bloody time."
    I couldn’t drag my gaze away from Lola. They were twins, which explained why I’d been confused. Lola stood close to Mike, her hands tucked under her arms. He had his arm over her shoulders and I had the urge to rip it off, not just from around her but right off his body. Steeling my jaw, I glared at him, but he was too busy talking with Mellie and feeling up a woman he had no right to touch, to notice me. I wanted to march right over to him and relieve him of any notions he had in regards to the deceitful cow he was shacking up with. She glanced up as I took a step forward, glanced up and held my gaze with those ever-shifting eyes. My heart stuttered as the air was sucked out of my lungs. Slinking out from under his arm, she crossed the yard to stand in front of me.
    "Hello, Leo."
    So many years and she hadn’t aged a bit. Her face bore not one line more than it had the last time I’d seen her, and the sensual curves that had held me captive still as high and as tight as they had been back then. And I was sure if I reached out to pull her to me, I’d find she still felt as perfect, as satiny smooth as she had the last time we’d been together. She was still as beautiful and sexy as she’d been the last night we’d spent together.
    Where have you been? What happened to you? What are you doing here now when I finally decided it was time to move on? My throat closed up, my questions going unvoiced even while I ached to reach out for her, but she wasn’t who I’d thought she was. The woman had no heart, and no concept of the damage she left in her wake. Lola hadn’t given a fuck about me. She’d run away without even a goodbye. I cursed myself for still wanting her. My hands clenched by my side, I glared down at her as I made up my mind. I was putting her behind me and letting go of my anger. There was nothing I needed to say to her. Turning on my heel, I stalked over to Drake and snapped a couple of random shots to check my settings.  
    Working lent me a focus I wouldn’t have had otherwise, but over the course of the next hour, I found myself scoping her out through the lens. She stayed beside that guy the entire time, and I wondered if he was a poor schmuck like me. Lola was nothing but trouble; sexy, euphoric trouble.
    Earlier, I’d had myself convinced I was ready to let her go, to let the past lie and the emotions she brought up with it. Now she was here, in my face, and I wanted her as much as I had when we’d been on the goddamn cruise liner. By the end of the night, I would have to confront her again. I had no idea when she’d moved to Reverence and shacked up with him, but there was no way I could let it