Meet You in the Middle

by Devon Daniels

Hate sex isn’t my style.” My voice wobbles a little on the word sex. I look longingly at the door. I could make a break for it. “It’s not mine either, but for you I’d make an exception.”

“Kate, you look strikingly beautiful tonight. Even more distractingly beautiful than you look every day at work.”

“Kate.” The smile he gives me is somehow both calm and nervous. “Do you think about me even half as much as I think about you?”

“You know I want you,” he says quietly. “I want you more than I’ve ever wanted anything. I want you so much that I’m willing to put what I want aside to give you time to wrap your mind around this.”