Chapter 78

RONAN

I returned downstairs, rubbing my hand across my jaw.

The phone call had lasted longer than I'd realized — just a quick call to check in with Vaughn. I didn't want to wake Nadine up from her sleep, so I'd stepped out onto the terrace. I shouldn't have left her alone like that. Fucking idiotic of me.

I froze in midstep the moment I saw her.

She was pressed against the wall, arms around hersel