She gave his cheek a quick kiss and hurried off to her room. While she was there she took her time, laying on her bed and staring up at the ceiling. She thought of that morning and all the ways Bayden made her feel safe and cared for; it made her grin and sigh. She could fall for him hard if he wasn't married to a wonderful woman. They where friends with benefits and she accepted that.
Connor... Ralph, on the other hand, was free to love, but she didn't know if her heart could let go of the past enough for that. He was a beautiful man, heart and soul and they could be epic together and that scared her.
The smell of the meal made her stomach growl and that was her cue to get her ass moving. She rummaged through her closet and found a oversized blue sweater and white shorts. It was just a meal with a friend, right? She put her hair up into a messy ponytail and headed back out after a long few minutes.