Chapter Fifteen
Emma’s phone buzzed from its place on the console. It vibrated again as she pulled into the parking lot across the street from the construction zone surrounding Dottie’s Diner. Putting on the brake, she glanced at the number.
Sterling.
Nervous energy zipped through her stomach. To her eternal surprise, he’d called every day this week, often leaving laugh-out-loud messages. And while she’d never admit it to him, she liked the way his voice made her insides vibrate with something close to anticipation. And she loved the way he touched her. She’d never been with anyone who made her feel so alive, so uncontrolled and wanton. Sterling knew a side of her no one else did. Had encouraged it. Seemed to feed off it.
But he’d also made it clear that their slide into sexy times was
