Not Worth Remembering

Valerie stood frozen in the dimly lit hallway, the heavy silence broken only by the erratic thudding of her own heart. She had braced herself for Dominic’s legendary pride to flare into a furious tirade over her appearance with Caleb at the auction. His volatile temper was something she knew all too well from their shared past. Instead, his dark eyes carried a burning, desperate focus pinned solel