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Maybehehad something to hide. Maybe he was sleeping with her just so he could get access to the exact dimensions of her property! Bastard!
“Lori,” he started again. “I’ve been thinking.”
“Oh?”
“Last night was…”
She blinked, trying to keep her eyes in her head despite the abrupt subject change. She’d been worrying about the wrong thing. “Yeah?” she croaked. Last night waswhat?Amazing? Scary? The kind of freak show he never thought he’d get himself involved in?
A change of subject had seemed ideal, yet now Lori thought longingly of the top secret real estate minefield she’d been tiptoeing through.
“Last night was fun. More than fun.”
“Um…Thanks.”
His eyes rose to meet hers. “It’s all been more than fun.”
“Thank you. Again.” Premonition made her skin tighten with anxiety. “And I agree. This has been great. You’ve been great. Definitely.”
He narrowed his eyes at her as if he were trying to figure something out. Her face flushed and the heat seeped inside her, leaching deep into her body.
She said, “Anyway,” about to break for the door and make her escape, but Quinn interrupted her flight.
“I think we should give this a chance.”
The words fell into the room like a rock. A heavy rock that might break something if it kept rolling toward Lori. She took a step back and shook her head. “What?”
“We should give this a chance. Us, I mean.”
“Um…”
“It doesn’t have to be a summer fling. It could be more. A lot more.”
The rock rolled solidly onto her chest and sat there, defying the laws of gravity. Molly had been right. Quinn’s temper had been a very bad sign.
She said, “No,” just because that’s all she could get out.
“Come on. We’re great together. We’ve known each other since you could walk. The sex is amazing.” His smile screamed nervousness. “And we’re friends.”
“This is…” She swallowed against something solid lodged in her throat. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. This can’t be anything more.”
“Why?”
“Um…because I won’t see you for at least six months while the pass is closed?”
Quinn shrugged as if that was nothing. “Plenty of people have long-distance relationships.”
“Yeah, in college. And those usually work out so well.”
“Lori, we’re not in college. We’re adults. There’s no reason we couldn’t make it work. We could make an effort to see each other every few weeks, at least.”
She stood up too fast and had to put a hand on the desk to steady herself. “No, that’snotwhat this is. I made that clear to you. You volunteered to have a purely sexual relationship with me. I can’t handle anything more. My life is a complete mess.”
“So? This doesn’t have to be a messy part of it.”
“‘So?’ That’s it? That’s your response?”
“Yeah, that’s it. I’m not asking you to marry me, Lori. I just want to keep seeing you.”
