Jessica woke up to the first sunrays emanating through the window; she lazily rolled over the cheats feeling the warmth covering her bare skin. She opened emerald eyes to an empty view; Lucas wasn't in bed with her although she could feel his warm body against hers at night. Or was it her imagination? She couldn't tell.

Maybe it was a dream in which Lucas wrapped his strong arms around her last night and whispered soft words to her after the unreal sex they had.

Her eyelashes fluttered his side of the bed was cold he had left. Jessica felt her heart sinking and she remembered Jimmy Crow She didn't...