Page 72 (2/2)

Loyal’s hand flexed on her hip “If it’s okay with Roxanna, I’ame for the inquisition”

She shot hied his shoulder She turned back to Asher “I’ood with dinner, but not an inquisition”

He didn’t even smile “My house at seven?”

They both agreed, and he was gone again

Suddenly, her sto around like a fish out of water Dinner with her best friend and his new fiancé was so she’d done a half-dozen times over the past four months, but this would be different She and Loyal would be there together As a couple

And he hadn’t answered her question fro to love her and leave her, or had he truly ainst his own rule of no relationships?

When she lifted her gaze, she found his gold-flecked one on her He looked like he was about to say so above the door, and his hand fell away from her hip

“It’s nine o’clock”

“Yeah I better get out there and unlock the front door” She did her best to squash her disappointment as she turned to leave Then she decided the door could wait anotherback

“I thought I knew the score here, and I was ready to accept it, but then you said you wanted to see where this”—she gestured between the two of theoes I know this is crazy early to push, but I need to know if this is still just sex, or if it’s more to you?”

“Just sex?” he asked with a little smirk

She wasn’t in the mood to tease no matter how cute the da? What do you want out of this? If it’s just going to be a fun fling, fine But I need to know so I can—”

His finger pressed against her lips to stop her froazeit to memory

“It hasn’t been just sex since the stables, Roxanna”

“It hasn’t?” she barely ed to ask past the lump in her throat