She wanted to know why I’d stayed away all week? Without Doug on the ranch as a reminder of who she was, it would’ve been too damn easy to give in. I was weak for her. I didn’t know how much longer I could stop myself from acting on the things I wanted. Lennox Hayes was a goddamn lightning strike to my heart. She’d cracked the wall I’d carefully erected, letting in dangerous ideations that threatened to send me to my knees. I didn’t know what she saw in me.
