Chapter Four
The following morning, Charlie woke with a slight headache and case of cotton mouth. Her gloom from the night before had lifted, and after brushing her teeth, she felt human again. She’d had a good time with Jonah. The anxiety she’d expected to feel around him never surfaced. It was like the last three years were erased, and they were just Best and Castle again. Without the s*x.
That part bothered her. She hadn’t been drunk. Maybe a little more than buzzed, but she was in control of her faculties and she remembered telling him to come in, pulling him into her room. And he hadn’t shied away from kissing her. But then he’d kept his distance. It was probably for the best. He’d left her so she shouldn’t want him. Damn hormones.
But he made everything easy. After the way he’d le
