Somehow in the last few weeks she’d gone from seeing Patrick as a stray pup, lost, probably kicked a few times, to seeing him as a friend, and now more. Now she couldn’t dream of giving him the cold shoulder. Even their fight about Heidi seemed to melt away. She gave herself over to the desire and the pleasure, letting her hands explore his lean, hard body, and opening herself up to his touch and his kisses. It had been months since the last time Patrick had hooked up with anyone, longer since he’d been in a proper relationship. After his last high drama, high maintenance relationship had crashed and burned, he’d given up trying to find love and settled for finding the occasional night or two of fun instead. He missed the s*x, sure, his body ached with the needing, the desire so strong

