Chapter 36 Yes A Firece

• YES!
• A fierce elation burst through Tommy. She’d given in to him. For once in her life she hadn’t suspected his word, flouted it, mocked it, or walked away from it. And placing her hand on top of his was more than acceptance. Much more. It was a voluntary move towards him.
• “Thank you,” he breathed, revelling in the appeal to him in her eyes, the appeal of a woman who didn’t want to fight, a woman who was looking—hoping—for something else from him, feeling her way tentatively towards it.