Chapter Twenty-One
ROWAN
My hands were practically shaking. This was not what I expected tonight.
I told myself I wasn't going to let it go this far, yet I was caught in the midst of competing impulses. I wanted Mae. I wanted this. With a truly, madly, deeply kind of want.
And, sweet Jesus, I had wanted Mae for what felt like forever at this point. Seriously. I crushed on her so hard in college, and then I'd finally asked her out. A few kisses later, and it all ended so abruptly.
Here she was now, more beautiful than she was back then. I didn't even know how that was possible. She'd filled out some, and she didn't look so young anymore. I was afraid I was going to mess this up.
Someone had r***d her, and I didn't know how to make it right. Despite my thoughts hammering away, she wasn
