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  I need to tell him I love him, and I’d never in a million years be unfaithful to that love.

  The elevator dings, and I rush out of it and right into Rachel’s arms. She catches me easily. “Hey now, I’ve got you.”

  “I have to get home! Now!” I state emphatically, terror and anxiety ripping along the frayed edges of my consciousness.

  “Okay, okay, we’ll get you home, but you have to calm down. There’s an entire mess of paparazzi outside.”

  “I don’t care! I need to get to Parker!” I yell hysterically.

  Rachel nods, grabs the baseball cap off Nate’s head, and tugs it down over mine, shielding my sodden face from view. She removes her long jacket and wraps it around me protectively. “Keep your head low. They don’t need to see your tears. Don’t give them that.”

  I nod and wrap my arm around her familiar weight as they lead me through the throngs of people screaming my name and taking pictures. I jump into the SUV and slam my back against the leather. “Did you talk to him?” I put my arm on Nate’s shoulder.

  “Yeah.”

  “And . . .”

  “He said he’d be gone before you ever stepped foot out of the hotel.”

  I smash my hand against the back of the seat and scream my frustration. “No! No! No! This can’t be happening. I love him. Don’t you understand!”

  “Yeah, Sky, we do. You love him. We know that. He knows that. It will be okay. We’ll get through this together. Right now, we need to get you home and safe.” Rachel’s voice is controlled and completely in charge.

  I shake my head and slump into the seat. “I’ll never feel at home again. The only safe place I’ve ever been since losing my parents is in his arms. And he’s gone. I don’t know how I’m going to get him back, make him understand what happened.”

  Rachel rubs my arms and tucks me lovingly against her chest, the way I imagine a sister would. “It will all work out,” she promises. I fear that promise is empty before she ends with, “When love is involved, there’s always a way.”

  The end . . . for now.

  If you want to read more about the guys—Parker, Bo, and Royce—from International Guy, get your copy of Montreal: International Guy Book 6.

  In the sixth installment, the team is called in to infiltrate a cyber-tech company. The CEO, Alexis Stanton, is tired of having her company’s top-secret ideas end up in the hands of her competitor. She knows there’s a mole in her company, but none of her digging has been able to ferret out the perpetrator. On the cusp of a huge product announcement that will likely put her company right up there with the likes of Google, Apple, and Amazon, she can’t risk her secret project getting out before the launch.

  With Parker’s mind complete mush after finding out the love of his life was unfaithful, he needs the entire IG team to help him locate the rat in Ms. Stanton’s system. And if he beds the busty blonde CEO in the process, maybe he’ll get over the burn he feels in his soul far quicker. At least that’s his logic. Find out if his logic is sound in Montreal: International Guy Book 6.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Photo © Melissa McKinley Photography

  Audrey Carlan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and her titles have appeared on the bestseller lists of USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Audrey writes wicked-hot love stories that have been translated into more than thirty different languages across the globe. She is best known for the worldwide-bestselling series Calendar Girl and Trinity.

  She lives in the California Valley, where she enjoys her two children and the love of her life. When she’s not writing, you can find her teaching yoga, sipping wine with her “soul sisters,” or with her nose stuck in a steamy romance novel.

  Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated and feeds the soul. You can contact Audrey through her website, www.audreycarlan.com.