As she lay in bed that night rehashing her day, she couldn’t stop thinking about Shane and what he’d said. If some guy can’t be patient and wait, then he doesn’t deserve you. The words were lovely, and she wished she could believe them. Instead, she still felt like a freak.
Putting s*x out of her mind, at least as far back as she could push it for a girl who hadn’t had any in so long, she focused on figuring out how to approach Ryan about a job. Sunday dinner was coming up fast and she needed a plan.
Hours later, Maggie woke, tangled in her sheets, her heart thumping. She froze for a minute and tried to figure out what woke her. She stared at the bedroom door, narrowing her eyes to see the knob. Still locked.
Her body was on full alert, and she waited for the memory of a nightmare to hi
