Chapter 9
Kelly suddenly jerked her mouth off his and pushed his hand away. He let go of her as if she’d suddenly gone radioactive. Warning bells instantly went off in his head. Of course, she was reacting. The things Cassie had told him filled his brain.
Kelly got up after the sudden silence that seemed to douse both of them in cold water. She slammed the sliding door open and stepped out onto the terrace.
Awkward didn’t even begin to cover this. He remembered exactly now why he hadn’t pursued anything close to dating since his wife died. Who needed it? It was complicated no matter how hard a person tried to keep it simple. What it usually involved was messy emotions. s*x wasn’t just s*x, unless you truly found a stranger who could never find you again, which in this case, Kelly most d
