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Oh, yeah, that was his plan I'd get pissed, and as soon as I touched hi to happen I was smarter than that I lay where I was and waited After a while, when I thought I'd screaht snore drifted across the bed

Wait, was he really sleeping?

Notready to reach across the space between us, but actually fast asleep?

Frustration burned in my chest with such a fierce heat that tears pooled in a?

Neverexactly what I'd told myself I wanted He'd ave very clear signals that I wasn't interested in sex, and he was reading them How could I possibly be mad about that?

Because I just was

I knehy I wanted Tenn to make the choice To take the decision out of my hands If he started it, I could blame my hormones and let myself off the hook

Too scared to trustso far as to build a wall between our sides of the bed And noasmy boundaries

I was a jerk Tenn was the good guy here And I was still mad at him

Grindingthe s, and stared out at the stars I didn't bother trying to fall asleep It was never going to happen I was tooboth Tenn and e mistake

Chapter Twenty-Three

SCARLETT

I drifted awake to the sensation of heat onreen cotton filled ain

If I hadn't been so worried about waking hi with me? Why couldn't I just stay away froes since I’d had an interest in sex Why Tenn? Why now, at the exact ti distracted?

I let out a sigh, turning my head to rest my cheek on his shoulder So ht

Why exactly was it such a bad idea to have sex with Tenn?