Burn Out
“It was closing in on midnight, and she was tired. She should have simply excused herself and retreated to her room, but she’d always been drawn to water when she was trying to work out her problems.
She wasn’t surprised when Evan fell in to step beside her. “What do you want?” she asked, pulling her wrap around skirt up to her knees so it didn’t trail in the water as they walked along the shore line.
“I just wanted to tell you I’m sorry for mixin’ it up with him back there. I didn’t mean to mak...e you uncomfortable.”
Gazing out at the stars, she admitted, “I shouldn’t have brought him.”
“Why did you?” he asked, slipping his hands into the pockets of the shorts he’d changed into when they arrived at the resort.
“Maybe I didn’t trust myself to be alone with you for a whole week,” she said, knowing he already knew the reason she’d brought Jeff along. “I’m kind of ashamed to admit I needed him as a buffer.”
“Did he know that’s why you were bringin’ him?”MoreLess
She wasn’t surprised when Evan fell in to step beside her. “What do you want?” she asked, pulling her wrap around skirt up to her knees so it didn’t trail in the water as they walked along the shore line.
“I just wanted to tell you I’m sorry for mixin’ it up with him back there. I didn’t mean to mak...e you uncomfortable.”
Gazing out at the stars, she admitted, “I shouldn’t have brought him.”
“Why did you?” he asked, slipping his hands into the pockets of the shorts he’d changed into when they arrived at the resort.
“Maybe I didn’t trust myself to be alone with you for a whole week,” she said, knowing he already knew the reason she’d brought Jeff along. “I’m kind of ashamed to admit I needed him as a buffer.”
“Did he know that’s why you were bringin’ him?”MoreLess
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