Antonio broke the kiss, his eyes searching hers. He started to turn, sensing someone else, but Camila immediately gripped his chin.

"Don't look at him. He’s just… background noise," she whispered and pulled him back, her lips crashing onto his again, a fierce, almost desperate kiss that demanded his full attention.

She wasn't letting Lawson, or anyone, interrupt this... especially not a ghost from her past. She poured every ounce of defiance and craving into the kiss. Maybe this would finally get Lawson to go away. To give up on her. To make him know there was absolutely no place for him anymore.

Antonio groaned, but he complied, deepening the...