The look in his eyes nearly stole her breath. The intensity there, it sent a rush to her head. She snapped out of it when his question registered, though, and she shook her head, "No, not really, I tried but..." But lying in bed next to Terence had made her tense and nervous. Lying next to her husband should not make her feel ill, but she hadn't been able to get Alice out of her mind... She hadn't been able to stop thinking of Robert, if she was completely honest.
With him standing so close to her now, she felt a different kind of nerves. He was so handsome, and he felt so warm and smelled so good, she had butterflies in her stomach she had worried had fallen dormant in the last few months.