Lennox's POV
The first knock came soft and hesitant, like she was afraid even to knock. I didn't move. I'd heard her long before she reached my door. Her scent had found me first—that maddening, intoxicating scent that set every nerve in me on fire. Then came her voice, gentle and pleading, slipping through the mind link. "Lennox… please open up."
I clenched my jaw and stared at the wall, forcing my heartbeat to steady. I was a mess and didn't want to face her now. But when she spoke again, something in her tone chipped at the wall I'd built.
"Lennox… please." The sound of her voice slid under my skin like it belonged there, stirring things I wanted to bury.
I inhaled slowly and deeply but didn't answer. Because if I answered, I might let her in, and if I let her in… she'd see the mess she'd made of me. The scent of her cooking reached me next. My favorite. Damn her. She remembered. Of course she remembered.