After the ravishing kiss, I stared at Christian’s eyes and asked, “Are you in love with me?” Christian was caught off guard that I had the nerve to ask him directly. It was a blunt question but I was always blunt with my words. It wasn’t in my dictionary to agonize over something that I could just ask!

“I think I am,” he answered, and I scoffed at his honesty.

“What makes you love me? It is because something happened between us? That we shared our body heat and satisfied ourselves?”

“Aren’t you being harsh on yourself, Angela? Don’t you think you deserve to be loved? Just because Kevin is...