Chapter 107

• MARY-BETH
• I thought Alex and I might have a big talk last night, about what had happened between us. That’s why, when he didn’t mention anything first, I came up with the comment about still having his shirt. I hadn’t mentioned that I’d slept in it the next night too, and the night after that. When I got him to taste the risotto, getting really close, there was powerful heat between us. We’d acted like we couldn’t feel it, though. I mean, obviously there wouldn’t have been any more acts of passion on the kitchen counter, or even a little light kissing – not with Maddy there – but I didn’t know if there was something else holding him back. Had he decided that there couldn’t be anything more between us?
• My insecure brain kicked in as soon as that thought went through my head. Was I not attractive enough for him to want more? Yeah, he’d said he enjoyed the night we spent together – but perhaps it just hadn’t been sizzling hot enough for him to want to see me again?