Chapter 2
It shouldn’t have shell-shocked me. But it did, and I despised that. A twinge of guilt passed over my shoulders. It was none of my business and now I had trespassed like a curious bobcat. The man hadn’t filled out a profile for a reason: he didn’t want people to know any personal details about him. My thoughts and words had spun out of control and it was embarrassing. I was the one who had come with the long list of rules, yet I broke all of his unspoken ones.
I plastered a smile to my face, then turned my back and pretended to watch arriving hotel guests. Unprofessionalism reeked from my every movement. This was never me. I was never this needy.
Before I could turn around and apologize for the second time tonight in less than one hour, I felt a large, warm hand come around my
