CHAPTER 33 BETWEEN TRUTH AND FICTION

“The most dangerous thing I’ve ever done?” he repeated, the corners of his mouth twitching upwards. “Well, there was the time I climbed Mount Everest with only a toothpick and a shoestring. Or the time I swam the English Channel with a Great White Shark named Fred. Or perhaps it was the time I…” He trailed off, his expression turning serious. “But none of those were as dangerous as letting a woman like you into my life.” Bianca felt a jolt of heat race through her, like electricity crackling across her skin. The intensity of his gaze was both thrilling and unnerving, and she realized, in that moment, that she was in far deeper than she’d ever intended. “A woman like me?” she echoed, her voice breathy and low. “What do you mean, Ethan?” His smile was slow and deliberate, his eyes never leaving hers. “A woman like you.” So there we were, Bianca and Ethan, locked in a moment of heated tension. Ethan’s eyes were alight with desire, and she found herself struggling to maintain her coo