Chapter 71

SIENNA

“There’s nothing between us.”

Lies. Bitter, choking lies.

“I give you a free pass. Go back to fucking Valeria. I don’t care.”

God. More lies.

Because the truth?

When he said he wasn’t sleeping with her, my chest loosened like it had been tied with barbed wire. That relief? It was dangerous.

Because I knew exactly where this was going. I was falling—sinking into Gideon Mercer—and I couldn’t