She shifted closer.
“Because it’s so specific.”
“I know what I want,” I said.
“That’s the scary part.”
“I won’t make you answer before you know what you want.”
Her expression softened.
“You really mean that.”
“Yes, I do.”
“Even if I get on the plane?”
I kept my voice level.
“Yes.”
Chrissy searched my face.
“I don’t want to think about that tonight.”
“Then don’t.”
She settled against me.
I kissed the top of her head.
After a while, she reached toward the nightstand.
“I need my notes.”
I looked at her.
“You’re naked.”
“I can be naked and professionally responsible.”
“That sounds inconvenient.”
“It’s called range.”
I laughed.
She wrapped the sheet around herself and reached for the notebook she’d carried into the room earlier.
Of course she’d brought work notes into a bedroom where she intended to seduce me.
Chrissy sat against the headboard and flipped to the page from lunch.
I watched her write for several minutes.
She eventually glanced at me.
“What?”