5
Shana watched the landscape roll by as she rode in the passenger seat of Phoebe’s car. Phoebe had stopped by after her shift at the hospital and persuaded Shana to go into town for a few errands and lunch at Roxanne’s. Shana hadn’t expected to see Hayden there, and his presence had thrown her. Somehow, this morning had felt light and dreamlike. She’d woken in his arms, awash in sensation. While she’d known she wanted him, she hadn’t known what it would be like to actually experience intimacy with him. He’d transported her beyond any place she’d ever been and left her sated.
Instead of waking to doubts, she’d felt lighter than she had in years and hadn’t even worried about trying to explain away his presence to Dane. The hours in between had sent doubts racing to the forefront of her mi
