Satisfied, I placed my hands on the sink counter and let out a deep breath. The show tonight had been a perfect success. I expected people would talk for the next two months about the sculpture Alec and I had created together. I was back. Jessica Carnes would once again have top billing and the estimated worth of my pieces had doubled. I should have been happy. I should have been experiencing something like joy. Instead I felt hollow and my mother’s voice flitted in my mind. “It’s never enough. There’s no pleasing you, Jessica.” I was trapped. A hostage. Alec’s cold fingertips touched my skin covering the bones at the top of my spine, making me shiver. He cupped the back of my neck, gently resting his palm there, but I felt his possession all over. My gaze found his through the mirror. He’d taken off his suit jacket and tie, and undone the top buttons of his dress shirt.
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