"We need to talk."

I hadn't realized I stopped breathing until his hand was wrapping around my wrist and he was pulling me away from the car. My legs felt like complete Jello as I followed after him, my heart racing at lightning speed in my chest.

I wasn't sure where he was taking me, but it wasn't inside. We wandered around the villa exterior and then suddenly he stopped, turning to look at me, his eyes dark and soul searching, leaving me paralyzed as I looked back at him.

"Tell me what happened the other night," he said, his eyes narrowed as he studied me.

My face paled.

"What?" I asked him.

He stepped closer to me, his body only inches from mine, and made my heart beat even faster.

"Don't play stupid with me, Judy. The Grand Casino Hotel... tell me what happened there."

I studied him for a moment; he was so out of it that night that there was no way he would remember anything happening. Even so, it wasn't me he wanted there with him... it was Rachel. It was Rachel he thought he was kissing.

talking about," I told him, my voice coming out

some distance between us, until my back was pressed against the building

"Why do I remember the way you moaned my name? Why do I remember your warm breath on my

as I tried hard not to look at him, but he made it

I whisper. "Maybe

he said through his

don't think I know when I've had a taste of you," he whispered, his tone almost vulnerable, pulling

met his eyes, my heart breaking as I

choose me if I told him that I was there that

reject me and go back

couldn't bear the thought of him rejecting me and going back to her... I couldn't look him in the eyes while he told me he didn't want me. bit my lower

so I was there that night helped you to your room, but Rachel intercepted and brought you the rest of the way. We said our goodbyes, and then I went home. That's all

but I couldn't face the disappointment that would be evident in his eyes if I told him it was me and not Rachel. I knew

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