Chapter Five
“What?” Thinking too hard, she hadn’t been listening.
“Dinner. Can I take you out to dinner, since you’ve already got dessert?” As he said it he stepped behind her and ran his hands up and down her arms. “You haven’t eaten since breakfast.”
The warmth from his hands was almost intoxicating. And dangerous, she was sure, though it was hard to remember why. “You’ve been following me.” It should upset her. It did, sort of. But not really in the way that it ought to. “You said you would let me leave.” As soon as she said the words, she knew his answer.
“I did. You did. And besides, it was Jacob who said it.”
She just nodded her head, took another bite.
“I’d like to take you out. On a date.”
“You’re crazy.” The spoon scraped across the bottom of the cup as she chased the last
