Last night, Scarlett Axel thought that they had finally connected as mates. What had started out as a confrontation and another evening coping with their strained relationship had become something more than she could ever have hoped.

Tenderness. Tlc. Desire.

She took a chance and opened up to him, offering not only her body but part of herself.

If he did not want that, did not want her, why had he hugged her so gently last night? How could he have faked kissing her like that?

She sobbed as she remembered the way he'd held her when she'd come on top of him, her own pleasure engulfing them both.

For...