No matter what Nicola said, the idea of further depreciating the rare automobile was ridiculous. Undoubtedly, he would come to deeply regret this decision.

He turned his head to stare at me, his intense eyes following the contours of my drawn face. After a few tense seconds, he nodded at me firmly.

"Let me take care of things."

When he stood up quickly, a blast of icy air hit my skin and drove a wedge between our warm bodies. To be honest, I just looked at him for a second, completely taken aback by his surrender. My uncompromising boyfriend surprised me by backing off when I was expecting him to...