Damn, but she was pretty. Always had been, but now there was a maturity about her, the evidence of heartbreak mixed with strength on her face. She was a delicate woman, soft and sweet, possessed of an inner calm that soothed him, but it was readily apparent she’d been through a lot. Hell, she was still going through it. A single mom raising a daughter, and a wife who’d lost a man she obviously cared for. The flash of bitter regret he felt caught him off guard. If he’d played his cards right, he would have been the man who’d built a home with her and begun raising a family. “You are my biggest regret, Chloe.” Ace caught her hand and lifted it to press his mouth to her fingers. A quick frown puckered her brow. “What do you mean?” Releasing her hand, he sent his fingers into her hair to cup her head. “I never should’ve let you go.” Her pansy-blue eyes widened incrementally then lowered to zero in on his lips. Lust zipped straight to his cock. Arousal rolled through his belly as his erection pressed painfully against the cotton of his briefs.
