please!”

Chloe growled at the continued knocking on her door and Declan’s voice as he pleaded with her to let him in.

“Let me explain!”

If he kept it up she was going to be in trouble with the body corporate of the building and they already didn’t like her. The knocking picked up in both pace and volume and she stormed across the floor and pulled the door open. Declan stumbled across the threshold like he had been leaning on the door and looked up at her startled.

“You’re not going to go away until I listen to what you have to say, are you?”

He stood with his...