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“I never wanted things to go this way, Emma. I didn’t want to end up putting you in danger. That was never the plan. It was just… a job.”
My eyes widen in surprise. “So, I’m justa jobto you?”
He smiles a little. “You were, in the beginning. But even when I was pretending to be someone else, I could feel myself being charmed by you. I was immediately way too emotionally involved. I should have known that I was going to end up in trouble. I didn’t mean for things to go this way.”
My heart melts.
I know what he means byin trouble, and it’s exactly how I feel, too.
Neither of us wanted to end up in this mess, but here we are.
As the turmoil twists on his face, it twists in my heart, too.
I don’t know if it’s wise to keep on going this way; we probably should think about putting a stop to this soon.
But I don’t.
I reach across and hook my hands around the back of his neck and I tug him closer to me. My lips eagerly find his and I kiss him, loving the warmth that spreads through my entire body.
I wish he would just open up andreallytell me how he feels. It would make it so much easier for me to be honest, too, so we can figure this shit out.
But I don’t know if that’s going to happen.
Owen doesn’t seem like the sort of man who is honest easily about that sort of thing.
The kiss might be the closest to him telling me how he feels, and this kiss is magical.
Fuck, I willneverbe able to get enough of kissing this man.
“What way?” I hiss as soon as my lips pull away from his.
“Huh?”
“You said you didn’t mean for things to go ‘this way’. What did that mean?”
I can sense that he’s on the edge of something. Maybe even the truth. Is he really about to tell me how he feels? Oh my God, it’s all I’ve wanted, but now I don’t know if I’m ready for it at all.
My heart is pounding so hard I can hardly stand it.
If he tells me how he feels, then I’ll definitely be brave and open up too.
I almost have done, more than once, but I’ll find that courage if he does first.
Fuck.
All of a sudden, the mood shifts and he bolts to his feet.
My heart sinks.
Shit, he isn’t going to tell me anything.
The anticipation that was just burning through my veins vanishes into nothingness.
I’m getting nothing from him.
Nothing at all.
“I actually have something else that I need to talk about,” he says instead. “Can you come inside with me?”
