She wasn't stupid. She'd been studying him as much as he was her. She knew he wasn't spending all that time with her for nothing, but before she gave into her body's needs, she needed to be sure that she wouldn't be crushed when it was all said and done.
She was close to making up her mind to just go to bed with him if he ever got around to asking. But she wanted to be sure that she would be able to pick up the pieces once he left. "Say hi for me too." She had no idea he'd told his parents about her, he tended to be very tight-lipped about such things, but that was another little morsel to tuck away in her keepsake box - the one she was building in her heart.
He hated that for even one second; she'd felt what she just had. It was his aim never to give her a moment's pain; that's why he
