I hate to admit that I tried to keep my distance from Owen for the rest of the evening. I tried. But we kept catching each other’s gaze and more than a few times he would find a reason to touch me. I was really trying to be rational. Logical thinking. That is what I needed. I had to keep a clear head. Stay smart. I kept reminding myself that he had other priorities. He’d told me this. There was no room for me in his plan. He had his arrangement and I just wasn’t in a place where I could work with that kind of situation. It was complicated. It was further complicated by the fact that my need
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