Thirteen
Hope’s mother had offered her a piece of advice shortly after she’d first started showing an interest in boys, and she had thought she was following it when she married Dan. Last night, Owen had proved her wrong in the most incredible way possible—thoroughly, with a physical attentiveness that matched his instinctive emotional generosity.
Some men can turn you into a puddle of mush, and some will make you feel like the strongest, most desirable woman in the world. Find one who can do both… at the same time.
Dan had made her feel both at one point or another but never both at the same time, and she hadn’t realized that until she’d met Owen. She hadn’t fully realized it until last night. She had never in her life felt so weak and so strong simultaneously, and it was intoxicating.
