Twenty-Two Karrie I’d been floating on a cloud for the last few days. Any time Ridge and I weren’t in class or I wasn’t training, we’d spent together. Talking, laughing, and kissing. Lots and lots of kissing. It was fun, easy, and utterly frustrating. Neither of us had brought up the change in our relationship. There no longer had to be people around for us to show affection; in fact, we were usually alone. But Ridge never took it further than kissing, and when I tried, he backed off. The funny thing was, since the day we’d met we’d always talked things out. The pact, our expectations, and everything in between. But neither of us had used our voices when it came to what we were doing now. Maybe we were scared, or worried that talking about it would scare the other person off. Or, m

