Chapter Five
There was fog at the airport when Ashley arrived the next morning. She had slipped out of Jess’s hotel room with a peck on his cheek. She assumed she’d see him later that evening, when she got back. He’d promised her that he’d stay around that long. And this time, she really wanted him to. The night before had jogged her brain, heart, bottom and loins so much she couldn’t avoid thinking of Jess in a much more serious way than she ever had. She wasn’t used to having a man take such a hold on her. She wanted to like it, and in a way she did; but she imagined her own will disappearing in his, and that frightened her.
The fog was making Ashley anxious. She wanted to get on her way, as much because she wanted a little space to think, about Jess, the job; her whole life seemed to
