I tried to rip the necklace off.
Shade's arm caught my hand and slammed it flat to my chest. I jerked against the pressure, but he didn't budge. His arm stayed tight across me, locking me in place while the girl he allowed to crush my entire world stared me down like I was nothing but a complication.
He growled so softly that I only knew because I was touching him. "Brooke, what are you doing here?"
She'd bathed in the one scent I'd never been able to forget. It burned the inside of my nose. That overpowering smell still dragged everything back. The ball. The heartache. The end of what I thought we were. What I was.
Her heels clicked against the old stone path like she thought this was still a gala. "I was just leaving the hotel. Heading home. I wanted to say goodbye."
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