I blinked at him. “What I’m saying is that I’m willing to just give it a shot with you and not treat you like a quick fuck.” I jolted at the word. “Sorry,” he said. I shook my head. I was reeling. Daniel Bowen – the biggest player in Manhattan – wanted to see me for dates that weren’t about s*x because he wanted to know me as a person. It meant a lot to me. Of course, I didn’t say that, but it did. So, instead of going home together, sleeping together, going through the motions and destroying everything that could have been, we spent the night together drinking and talking and laughing. I didn’t get the feeling he did it often. It made me feel like the most beautiful, important woman in the world. Chapter 6 Daniel There was something about her that made me want to know her as a pers