He stopped a few feet away. We didn't speak, just staring at each other. 

Ronan was in front of me, that was all my mind could comprehend. 

I couldn't breathe. He was holding my breath, my body being held without touching. I was so overwhelmed with emotion, and I loathed it, loathed the feelings I had for a man who wasn't mine. 

My arms actually twitched, and for one impossible second, I almost stepped into him.

His eyes dropped to the dark circles beneath mine. To the way I’d lost weight and then back to my eyes.

“Josie.”

My emotions were overwhelming me. For a heartbeat, I could only stare....