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"Never?" I hooked a strand of red hair around er and tucked it behind her ear

She shook her head "Never And all of a sudden, there's you and he's seeing me sleep in your bed And we're here, al in a castle Everything's upside down And last night was… a You were…" Her lids lowered in sensual memory as she swayed toward me a fraction of an inch

I raisedon one heel to put soed at her hair "I don't knohat I' in… It was like two parallel universes collided and I couldn't deal"

"Do you regret it?" It was going to kill me if she said yes

She shot lare and half-desperate appeal "I should regret it My eight-year-old ale man I'm a terrible mother"

"So, you do regret it?" I took a step closer, wanting to pull her into my arms

Another desperate glare "No! I think you're turning ret it I feel like I should, but I can't And I' weird But I'etting into Which is nuts because you barely know me"

Another step closer Scarlett was caught up in her rant and didn't notice

"I do know you And I knew this was going to be complicated For a lot of reasons"

She stopped, studying ret it?" she asked softly

"Not for a second I regret not locking the door so you could have tiust caht was…" I closed the distance between us and slid ht was the best night of my life And the worst Ever since the kids et you alone inI've ever done"

Her eyes fleide "I thought you went to sleep!"