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Had she decided he wasn’t worth the trouble of risking anything further? Was she cutting hiain”

“Yeah, that was before I renet And I can’t let you be plastered all over the tabloids”

Was this just an excuse to get rid of hi hi of truth to thenize the truth if it punched hiut

“You’re concerned for my privacy?”

“It takes one who has none to kno valuable it is You’ve been very wise to keep your anony that”

“You are Worth that, and far erate, please You barely know me How do you knohat I’m worth? And from the way I behaved with you so far, I know anyI’m not worth much But you of all men…So I believe you want me, but I’d hate to peek inside your head and read what you really think of me”

“I, of all men? What’s so different about me?”

“What’s not different about you? And then, you colorifies feminine modesty and virtue, and is cruel to women who don’t abide by its strict rules, and I-I…”

“Youryourself for a nonexistent misdemeanor I don’t believe so-called virtue is required of woenerate for letting our first encounter take an erotic turn that fast?”

“You know I don’t It was you who stopped, you who had control over yourself, while I-I…”

“You were over your head”

She nodded, her eyes downcast

“I was, too The one thing that made me stop was my fear of this exact situation, after your blood cooled and you couldn’t defend your actions to yourself, driving you to push me away in shame and discomfort at what you consider a lapse”

“I didn’t say it was a lapse I said it was out of character So much so, I don’t kno to handle it, don’t knohat to think…”

“Well, I do I think I’ve never known desire like that existed But it is so pure, so powerful I don’t kno to handle it, either The one thing I could think to do was to slon, savor it…savor you Though you’reyou say, every breath you draw isme want to unwrap you and s you whole”