If there was something Aleah knew about herself, it was her persistence and the bullheaded determination she usually had when she chased after something she had set her mind on. She had used that part of her in school and most of her life, and it had proved to be a great asset to her character.
Things, of course, never always worked in her favor and last night had been a strong exhibition of that fact. When Kade turned down her offer to swim together and abandoned her in the pool, Aleah had felt like a drenched, hungry cat.
Anger had sparked in her like a volcano about to explode, but then something had clicked. Something that had her grinning the next morning as she stared out her bedroom window at the sunny, beautiful morning outside.
Kade wanted her. She was certain of it. Aleah was
