Alicia’s mouth dropped open. She was so shocked by this woman who had been revered as such a star, beautiful, gracious and so warm to her customers. Well that was utter bull!
It was clear now that Bianca had some connection with Rowan, and the idea that they’d possibly been lovers at some point made her feel sick. How could he reach out to an old lover and make his mate meet someone he once…. No, no. Don’t get ahead of yourself.
There was nothing besides this woman’s obvious distaste and knife-cutting words to indicate there was much more between them. Alicia wasn’t one to lose her cool so easily, but it had been quite an uneasy morning, no, make that a few uncomfortable and overwhelming weeks. She’d been on the edge for too long, and now she felt one more push, and she’d slip, losing it
