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“Right,” he agreed

“Well that’s part of it Our relationship wasn’t I started to realize that I was constantly co for hi was about him and what he wanted I want to be with a man who isn’t happy if I’m not happy, and vice versa”

“That doesn’t seem like too much to ask That seeh I expect a guy who loves me to think of me A lot Surpriseshifted in his seat, his eyes narrowing “You mean spend ifts” I shookeven though it’slie for a change It’s everything and nothing, the big stuff and the little stuff”

He was giving me this small, tender s toelse?”

“He should be territorial without being overly possessive because I don’t like the idea of wo with the man I love and I’d hope he’d feel the sa the possessive type”

His gaze turned speculativeand heated “You’re the possessive type? I’d certainly like to see that”

Where was I going wrong? This was not the way I’d expected a one-night-stander to react to rinned like he knew exactly what I was trying to do and he was enjoyingthat this stubbornanywhere anytime soon Unless of course I made the conversation extremely aard“What about you?”

“What about me?”

“Have you ever been in love?”

He raised his eyebrows in surprise “I’ up in Inverness but you’re allowed to ask a question that heavy?”

I shrugged “I could just finishnarrowed his eyes “Try it and I’ll tackle you”

I wasn’t sure if he was joking or not “What?”

Amusement lit his eyes “You heard me And I’ll answer your question No I’ve never been in love How many times have you been in love?” he immediately said before I could respond to his answer

“I’m not some fickle creature who falls in and out of love easily In fact I’ve never been in love I’ve been close though I don’t throhole heart into the relationship before really getting to know the guy, and by the tiotten to know my past boyfriends they proved thechuckled “Are you trying to tell h eneral life stuff or daily living I don’t nag about tidying up or having the boys around for boxing night or video gah iven away so much What was it about hi out these terribly personal pieces of information?

“There ed with a shocking a in aze softened and he leaned across the table toward eous face “You knohen I losthard to the family I had left—my mum and my sisters It made me really overprotective of theuessed then that I’d lost family “My parents” I nodded, unable to look away fro accident We went to live withbreathed He reached for s were not good at hohtly in his My hand looked right in his hold It felt evenit back, but the wars weren’t good at houilty”

“I couldn’t take her with ht to her I just had to bide my timebut the truth isI could have stuck around I could have stayed anyway I was selfish I was a selfish, self-involved teenager and my sister was left to that woman’s cruelty because of it”

“You were just a kid”

Unsettled by his kindness, I released aze “Well, anyway, it’s the reason you should probably turn tail and run”

“And why’s that?”

I looked up again and put all the sincerity in the world into my eyes and words “Because other than Darcy, I didn’t receive a lot of affection for reedy for it I’hSo there I’htfully “Who do you think I think you are?”