It’s so f*****g late. Late enough that there aren’t even that many bystanders watching the blaze. Raoul and I have the sidewalk mostly to ourselves as another fire truck roars around the corner. Firefighters encircle the building. The spray from the hoses looks like molten gold against the flames.
I haven’t slept for days and while I was busy confessing my love to Viviana, balls deep inside of her, my enemies were launching attacks.
I have to fight the deep-seated instinct to think I made a mistake. I walk back my knee-jerk reaction to convince myself that Viviana is a distraction I can’t afford.
Not only can I afford her kind of distraction, I need it. I know what it’s like when she’s not in my life. There was an ache in my bones every second she was gone. It muddled everything in my l
