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about this many times.” She should’ve sounded put out, but she wasn’t. She still genuinely cared for him, even after their long-ago breakup after college graduation.
    He took a seat next to her but purposely invaded her personal space, casually pressing his powerful thigh against hers. “I know. And you know how I feel about us.”
    Feeling very tired all of a sudden from the dissipating adrenaline rush, Skyla rested her head on the back of the sofa. She spoke quietly with her eyes closed. “Knox, I can’t. We can’t.”
    Silence. Skyla hated silence. She’d rather be yelled at—anything other than being treated with silence.
    She waited a few moments—still silence. She reluctantly opened her eyes and turned to Knox. There was the same expression she had seen the morning after their graduation ceremony when they agreed to take a break from each other. She remembered the hurt in his eyes as he kissed her cheeks and said good-bye. When she told her parents about the breakup, her dad thought she had gone crazy. Later on, her mom told her that a month earlier, her dad had hinted to Knox of his approval of having him as his son-in-law. Her dad was right, of course, as always. Knox would be a great husband and father—but not for her. She knew that after hertwenty-first birthday.
    Knox took her to dinner and dancing at the Rainbow Room. It was romantic, it was magical, yet part of her was holding back. That’s why she had never gone past second base with him. That was the night. She had planned the whole seduction scene after their celebratory night out. She purposely enticed him the whole evening with her throaty laughs, her soft body pressing against his hard, solid one whenever she could manage, and when they danced, she sinuously moved her soft body against his, letting him know she wanted him, badly. He finally had enough of her teasing and literally dragged her out of the restaurant and back to the three-bedroom townhouse apartment she shared with him and Vivi.
    As soon as they closed the apartment door, Knox took the lead, stripping her of her barely-there satin-and-silk flapper dress and ran hot kisses along the trail of the falling dress. She should have been turned on. She was turned on at the restaurant, on the dance floor. But now all she felt was terror, the same kind of black terror she dreamed of often after her coma.
    That’s when she screamed. She screamed with so much terror in her voice that Knox pushed himself off her, trying to console her. But the soul-chilling screams continued, and she started sobbing violently. Her fingers were literally clawing against the plaster wall like a desperately trapped animal seeking any means of escape.
    “Skyla, Skyla…baby,” Knox’s gentle yet increasingly alarmed voice sounded so far away. That was the last thing she remembered before she blacked out.
    She woke up the next morning with Knox holding her in her bed. She was in her comfy flannel PJs, and Knox had on his sweatshirt and pants. All very proper.
    “Hey.” His concerned voiced vibrated through his chest where her head was lying.
    “Hey.” She blinked twice before replying in resignation.
    “How’re you feeling?” His hands gently stroking her back were similar to the way her mom used to soothe her from her dark, faceless nightmares.
    “Okay.”
    “Want to talk about what happened last night?” Knox brushed a kiss on top of her head.
    She remembered bits and pieces of the night, her body going up in flame from their intense sensual play, and how much she wanted Knox to claim her. Then she remembered her own terrified screams. She had no recollection of what happened afterward.
    “I’m sorry. I don’t know.” She spoke in a small voice. They remained silent in each other’s embrace for a while. After what felt like hours, she pushed up on her elbow and looked at him. “I used to have intense nightmares after the car crash. The doctor said it’s probably because my subconscious