Her attention darted around the room.
“I don’t care about him.”
“He’s my fiancé,” she hissed.
“And he was dumb enough to leave you unattended.”
Kat rolled her eyes. “I’m not going to dance with you.”
“One dance. One conversation.”
“Then you’ll leave?”
He considered her question. Leave this event? Leave the state? At this point, he couldn’t promise her either. Slowly, he shook his head.
She huffed out in exasperation. “Leo, you can’t be here.”
“One dance,” he repeated.
Kat’s eyes darted to his hand then back to his face. She must have seen something in his eyes to indicate he wasn’t going to back down, because she got to her feet. “One dance.”
His arms fit around her perfectly, just like he’d remembered. If he wasn’t mistaken, she leaned into him. Her soft form pressed against him, making it hard to concentrate on what he knew he needed to say to her.
“What did you want to say?” she whispered.
“Come home.”
“I am home, Leo,” she murmured. There was less bite in her tone than he’d expected. “This is where I’m supposed to be.”
“You don’t believe that.” He leaned in close, his ears nearly nipping at her ear. “You know as well as I do that you belong with me. In Montana.”
She sighed. “Leo, we can’t do this.”
“Sodon’t, Princess. Come home with me.”
Her body stiffened and he could sense her desire to flee, so he held her tighter.
“Don’t,” he pleaded. “Don’t do that.”
“Leo.” This time her voice was a whimper. “You’re breaking my heart.”
“You broke mine first.”
Her shoulders shook. Was she crying? No. He couldn’t be the cause of her tears.
He jerked backward and stared at her, pain lacing his body as he saw the evidence of her sorrow. With trembling hands, he palmed her cheeks and brushed at the tears. “Leave this place. Leave all of it. We’ll figure it out. Together.”
“My father…” Her brows pulled down and she looked away. Then she opened her mouth and for a brief moment, he thought he might have made some progress with her.
He was wrong.
Someone yanked back on his collar and dragged him from her. His shoes skidded across the floor.
“Leo!” Kat’s surprised voice drew even more attention to the two of them.
He whirled out of the tight hold of two security guards and wasn’t surprised to see Chaz hovering. The guy’s eyes were dark, hooded, and promised destruction. Kat ran to him, her expression mirroring his own.
Leo was vaguely aware of her attempts to have the guards release him, but they didn’t answer to her. The next several seconds occurred in a blur and Leo found himself being shoved out onto the sidewalk in front of the grand building.
