Chapter 27

• “Argh. The damn promise.” He reluctantly moved to one side, gestured her through the doorway half-filled by his body. She’d have to scoot close by him, turned either toward or away. “After you.”
• Fine. She decided to turned-away and slid by, brushing against him lightly as she passed. She heard him draw in a quick breath and felt vindicated. Teach him to play with fire.
• Except the way she was burning she wasn’t sure Nolan was the only one tempting fate. Other boyfriends had made her feel respected, desired, but this remarkable fascination Nolan had with her, insubstantial as it might be, and the electric force of his personality were heady and hard to resist.