Vincent
He should have caught Nadia’s smell from inside the baths. He should have stopped himself from reaching for her and reacting with such obvious arousal when she was so vulnerable. He should never have let things go so far.
He should have been the man he’d promised himself he would be. The person Nadia deserved in her life. Instead, he’d been just another monster.
Late-night bouts of training were always a good way to clear his head – and he’d needed to get his head clear, after he’d so obviously gotten aroused by Nadia’s impressive defeat of him during sparring earlier. He was losing control of himself more and more around her lately, unable to tamp down the signs of affection and attraction he felt towards his second chance.
Training should have cleared his head. But then h
