So that was that Sarah reflected the next morning. She had made it through the previous night without being arrested for burglary and more importantly, without being kissed by Ryan. And considering the terms on which they had parted, it seemed as if he had realized, finally! That any hopes he harbored in her direction; if he harbored any, and his attempts of talking her into bed, were bound to remain unfulfilled. What a relief. That he had realized it.
Of course, the rest of it was a relief, too that he realized it and so, probably, would stop pestering her. Not that she actually minded the bugging all that much, so long as he was just joking. It was the idea that he might not be joking and was serious about her, that was scary. And that was why it was a relief that he seemed to have acce
