Valeria fell in the middle of that circle of surprised and shocked people, and her first instinct was to curl up into a little ball. But she was naked. Naked, exposed and vulnerable in front of all those people, and that wouldn't change.

The cold of the air conditioning hurt her skin, and her cheek was pressed to the floor as her tears flowed uncontrollably. Never in her whole life had she felt so humiliated and so helpless. God, Nick had thrown her naked on the foyer floor! In front of everyon