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We caught the elevator down and then walked out into the still-cool htly like two teenagers at the end of a summer romance Once we reached the entrance to the spa hotel, he stopped and faced me

“Last name?” he asked, but I shookMaryland’s not so far”

“I’ll be going back to Wilton soon,” I said quietly

He nodded, and sohtful if still sad “That’s good I hope you’ll be happier there”

A line creased my brow “What do you mean?”

“That first night I saw you in the bar,” he paused, as if searching for the right words “You were so sad”

I relaxed “If I’m happy now, I have you to thank”

He reached forward and slid a curl off my cheek “Thank you,” he murmured

I reratitude the few first times we’d made love “Why did you? Thank me, I mean Those first times”

“I knew you were doing so you’d probably never have done” He paused afor you to push me away or make me stop, and when you didn’t…”

“Thank you,” I whispered

He s And you let me have you”

He had no idea how much I’d let hioodbye so ht both ht into my eyes as if he’d just made a decision

“I never expected things to go this way To get so involved so fast” He paused, glancing briefly at our clasped hands I started to speak, but he continued “And then I said a week, as if I could just do this one-week thing…”

My sto to hear him out