Every time I close my eyes, he's there—the intensity in his gaze, the raw passion of his touch, the electric current that ignited through my entire body. When the universe answered my desperate plea to return him to me, I didn't expect the twist: he'd become my best friend's fiancé, making him completely off-limits. Or was he? TONY. She haunts me. The woman in the crimson dress, her face, the way our bodies moved together in desperate hunger—I felt something that night that terrified me enough to run. That overwhelming connection I'd never experienced before demanded escape. Now I'm with Lara. I'm building a future with her. That night was before her, and the past belongs buried in the past. It has to. Everything spiraled from one reckless night together.