Chapter 6Though he wasn’t thrilled with the idea, Adam understood. Sooner or later, he would need to take his and Christina’s relationship to a more intimate level. That, he’d need to get closer to her, emotionally and physically, if she was to trust him.
Slowly, Adam worked up his nerve. Finally, while studying a couple of weeks later, he looked up and said, “Would you have dinner with me?”
“You want to take me to dinner?” Christina’s eyebrows rose, surprised.
“Well, yes, don’t people still do that? Take each other to dinner?”
“Yes, I believe so.”
“Is that a yes?”
“Maybe,” she answered instead, more seriously.
“If you don’t want to—”
“No,” she interrupted him. “That’s the thing I do. But—”
“You’re not seeing someone, are you?”
She shook her head. Her eyes drifted over to the bod
