Chapter Three
Claire woke up determined to put this episode behind her and start her next identity. She wasn’t usually in such a good mood between lives, but how could she not be after last night? She ignored the tiny part of her that wondered what it would be like to stay here, to continue to live this life. To keep Claire. But the truth was that if she hadn’t been planning on leaving, she never would have given in to the attraction to Ryan, so it wouldn’t have been the same. Better that she enjoyed the hell out of that brief interlude and moved on.
Still, part of her hesitated to roll out of the comfortable bed, made more so by the arms wrapped around her. How often did she get to feel so...content? Even more rare than sleeping with a guy was actually sleeping with a guy. She heaved a
