Ava opened her mouth at a loss of how to reply to his words, she scratched under her ear and turned into her bedroom.

"Do you mind spending the night with me, huh?"

His next words halted her pace halfway while she allowed her mind to reel in the last night they spent together. That night she had voluntarily given her innocence to him.

Recalling this moment, her heart blistered, searing up her arm and spreading like a flash fire through her chest.

Her throat tightened, and she struggled to swallow around the lump that gathered thick.

"It's quite late now, Zac," the words were hard when she pushed them...