Chapter 6Ana didn’t get to the Thai restaurant until half past six, but her tardiness wasn’t intentional. Not directly. It took her longer than necessary to get dressed. First, because she didn’t know what she should wear. Then she didn’t know if she should go at all. Then she didn’t like her first choice. Then she got trapped in traffic, which she forgot to plan for, because she was too distracted by thoughts of Ben.
Leaving him in the middle of the night had been difficult. In one of their phone conversations, Ben had mentioned how much he loved sleepy, Sunday morning s*x. On their sides, face-to-face, slowly coming awake to his touch. She had wanted that. But she hadn’t wanted to wake up in his bed, in his apartment. She didn’t want to admit it to herself, but she didn’t want him to se
