Chapter 20

Roman

I felt like a bit of a creep watching Vinny from across the street. I had just popped into the city centre to run some errands before my shift at work, when I looked up and found myself staring at the bistro across the street. My feet were cemented down. At any moment he was going to look up and catch me staring. Even though it would’ve been embarrassing if he caught me, I still couldn’t move. Minutes ticked by, but he still hadn’t looked up. I couldn’t even pay attention to Sean or the cute as a button waitress who was batting her long eyelashes at the both of them.

I told myself that I was just being a nurse and assessing the damage the rogue caused. His scarring across his temple was dark red, where it should have been baby pink, his bruises were green-blue where they should have been non-existent. There was deep cut in his lip, lips that had kissed mine before I had fled— moments before he had been used as bait. Anger fizzled as questions swarmed my mind like angry bees. W