His warm breath brushed against my neck as he spoke in a low, hoarse voice beside my ear. "What happened that day... I'm sorry. I was the one who first started having inappropriate thoughts about you." "I've liked you for a long time already. Seeing the way you reacted to me that night... it made me happier than it should have." I buried my face against his chest, fingers clutching tightly at the fabric of his shirt. My thoughts were a tangled mess I couldn't sort through no matter how hard I tried. How had we ended up like this? I was kissing him. Wanting him. Worse, part of me was still immersed in the feeling, secretly hoping he would go even further. Did I really deserve Claire's kindness after this? She had treated me so well, yet here I was, wanting her husband for myself. T

