CHAPTER 24
I AWOKE THE next morning in bed, still wearing my underwear. Connor lay next to me breathing softly, his expression untroubled. I tried to tiptoe to the bathroom, but I’d only got one step when he woke and caught my hand. When I looked back to him, he wore a frown, and his eyes were questioning, pleading almost.
A vision of Lori popped into my head, and I forced her out. Meeting her shook me yesterday, but I refused to let thoughts of her ruin what I had with Connor. I crouched next to him and kissed him on the lips. “I’ll be back in a minute. I just need to use the bathroom.”
His face relaxed slightly, and he squeezed my hand. “I’m not going anywhere.”
A few minutes later, I slipped back under the quilt next to him, and he rolled over to face me. There was a vulnerability a
