Chapter 7 Carter “Where the hell is she?” I walked into Ford’s office with Emma’s panties in my pocket. She’d run from me. Scared. I should have anticipated that, but I’d f****d up. I’d let her slip through my fingers. Should have told her what I felt for her. Why she was the only woman I'd ever taken into my home, into my bed. She thought I'd wanted a one-night-stand, that I'd f**k her and forget. Hell, even take her virginity and then walk away. She'd given it to me and I did not take that lightly. Apparently, she was under the misconception otherwise. It was time to set things right. What we shared had been wild and dirty. Steamy hot. But it had also been… special. The connection we shared was unlike anything I'd ever felt before with any woman. I didn't just eat her out, I memorize