any of our views on life?’
She wished it did, but all of the old doubts were still there, the dread that she might fall back into disaster again. ‘No.’
‘Then I guess we’ll say that there’s someone out there for you, and someone for me. Leave it at that.’
So this was the way he wanted to play it. Just a kiss between friends. Like hell it was. That had been the first step on a path which led straight to two naked bodies and mind-blowing sex. They needed no words to know that.
He was right, though. Sex with Edward, if she ever managed to survive the intensity of the foreplay, would be like jumping from the frying pan into a searing fire. She couldn’t afford to be fooled again by quiet charm and hidden depths. She wanted—needed—everything to be in plain sight.
‘Yes. That would probably be sensible.’ It seemed almost wrong to stand up now. Like the biggest lie of all to deny what had just happened. But she did it. ‘I’m going to...’
Saying that she was going to bed would sound like a come-on. And his gaze was still so very enticing. Charlotte was under no illusions about whether she would be able to say no to him if he reached out for her now.
His slow smile was laced with all of the intentions that neither of them seemed able to follow through on. ‘I’ll leave you to it.’
‘Thank you.’
What was that for? Starting things? Stopping things?
She leaned forward and planted a kiss on his cheek, drawing back again. ‘Goodnight. I’ll see you in the morning.’
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