He nodded tentatively while his Adam’s apple bobbed as he worked down a swallow. Scrubbing a hand over the back of his neck, he scooted closer. “I’ve been an ass, haven’t I?”
“Yes, you have.”
“You see,” he kept moving closer and closer, as much as I needed to get away, I had nowhere to escape to. I had no idea how it happened, but I blinked and he was right there in front of me. His breath blowing over my face, the heat of his body filling the little space between us.  His gaze dropped to...