Mia
How long do you hang on to hope before you realize you’re just prolonging the inevitable? I finally had to face facts, leave Florida and Alexei behind, and move on with my life.
This trip to Hawaii is supposed to help me forget about him. Like that could ever happen. So I’m probably hallucinating when I take shelter from the storm and hear an awfully familiar voice. Apparently, I’m doomed to embarrass myself in front of the man.
But this Alexei isn’t the sweet, calm man I left...
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Mia
How long do you hang on to hope before you realize you’re just prolonging the inevitable? I finally had to face facts, leave Florida and Alexei behind, and move on with my life.
This trip to Hawaii is supposed to help me forget about him. Like that could ever happen. So I’m probably hallucinating when I take shelter from the storm and hear an awfully familiar voice. Apparently, I’m doomed to embarrass myself in front of the man.
But this Alexei isn’t the sweet, calm man I left behind…
Alexei
God help me, I don’t have it in me to let Mia walk away again. She doesn’t know, she can’t know, why I’ve had to resist claiming her for so long. Or letting anyone, even Mia, get a hint of how I feel about her.
Seeing her here, nervous and exposed to the elements, I’m done with waiting. She’s not flirting with other men as a war games vamp. I don’t give a damn whose idea it was. Only a few more weeks and the danger around me will be minimized. She’s worth the risk.
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