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I followed him and watched as he lifted the comforter and crawled into my bed naked I blinked

He patted ?”

I nodded I slid the dress off ht ainst the hard planes of his chest He kissed the back of my head and within minutes had fallen asleep

I stared at the ceiling in disbelief His hands rapped againstI inhaled deeply and let myself relax I closed my eyes and fell asleep

Chapter Twelve

I flipped to the next open page in my journal I looked at the last date and realized it had been teeks since I had written I leaned into the pile of pillows on ht to myself

Vaughn said his business trip would be short It was an overnight

I had papers to grade I had cases to study I needed to submit a report to Max And all I could think about was the cold shallow spot inI could focus on so other than how much I missed hi

I kicked the covers in frustration, and lass of wine

The dishes froht’s dinner were stacked on the counter I closedthem away The chills ran up my arm and down my spine

That’s what I should write about How Vaughn had infected me with some kind of sexual intoxication I was a different woman than the one who had moved to DC

It wasn’t that the boxes were unpacked and allin the closet Or that I kneay around the Metro and cas had coh my new life, they became a part of it

I should write about how sohn How I could look at hiic He had awakened ray

I didn’t kno he’d done it I had dated other hn It seemed by the third date I had a complete history on their favorite sports teams, who they voted for the first tione on summer vacation as a kid They weren’t afraid to hand over their biographies They were scared to death to hand over themselves The distance they kept wasn’t in a list of personal acco every opinion that occurred to them The distance caive Fros for me would cripple their lives

The irony was that Vaughn was the opposite side of the coin I knew him better than any man who had been in my bed