Chapter 43

• Tension dispelled in the air as Stacy held her breath while trying to dismiss the intense closeness between them, and Carlton retreated by a few steps slowly, when he saw how uncomfortable she was.
• "You are not using your chair?" Stacy finally asked him, after she caught her breath and realized that he was standing so tall before her and not sitting.
• "We can take it along, but I want to do without it for today," he answered her with a warm demeanor, and she nodded proudly in support of his idea without saying too much as she turned away from his sight.