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life. She had had kisses before. Some, she thought, had rocked her world. How wrong was she? Ian’s kiss had put all her other kisses to shame. When they kissed something deep within her sparked to life. She would have done almost anything to be with Ian. Every feeling she ever experienced came out of her with that kiss. She poured it into the kiss hoping that Ian would feel it also. The longer they kissed, the more she wanted him.
    The sound of knocking from her front door made her jump up. She smiled, thinking that Ian hadn’t left yet. Maybe the kiss had worked.
    She raced downstairs and the moment her hand touched the knob, she thought about what would happen if she opened the door and Ian stood on the other side. She knew they would kiss again and that courting part would probably be over. If they kissed this time, she wouldn’t just let him leave, she would take him to her bed. She was prepared to give up her virginity to a stranger. A handsome stranger who made her body ache for him.
    Ready, she unlocked the door, expecting to see Ian, but frowned when Tyler stood there. Talk about a bucket of ice water being poured over her head. “What do you want, Tyler?” She leaned against her doorframe.
    She slapped Tyler before, now she wanted to kick his ass for getting her worked up over nothing. She wanted Ian to be standing there, not him!
    Tyler looked at her, frowning. “I wanted to come to say I’m sorry. I let my jealousy get the best of me.”
    Kayla crossed her arms over her chest. “Yes, you did, Tyler.”
    “Can we talk?”
    Kayla lifted an eyebrow. “We are talking.”
    “I mean can I come in and we talk?”
    “No, not now. It’s almost three in the morning, and I’m going to bed. I have some things to prepare for tomorrow.”
    “Oh, you have plans tomorrow?”
    “Yes. I have a date with Ian. The guy you let drive me home.” Kayla knew telling Tyler this would make him upset, but after calling her a whore and hurting her wrist, she didn’t give a damn anymore. Tyler hurt her, and she would repay the favor.
    Tyler’s eyes widened, his nose flared.
    Kayla stepped back, knowing for sure he would yell or try to grab her again. If he did, no one was around to stop him this time.
    “I guess I deserve this. I waited for you to try to fall in love with me as much as I am with you, but I guess that my love doesn’t mean that much to you.”
    “Tyler—”
    “Wait, let me finish. I love you, Kayla, have from the day we met. I have never meant to hurt you, and tonight, I let jealousy get the better of me and I hurt you.”
    “You left us without a ride home, Tyler,” she added. “We had to catch a ride with complete strangers. Do you know how bad that is to be in the car with someone who you don’t know isn’t a killer?”
    “I know, and when I thought about how wrong I was for doing that, I turned around. When I got back to the club and noticed you guys were gone, I drove down the road, looking for you all, but I thought maybe you got a ride or called a cab.”
    “You know calling a cab would have been too expensive. The owner was nice enough to give us a ride.”
    “How nice of him,” Tyler snapped.
    Tyler took a step towards her, making Kayla tense, ready to slam the door in his face if he reached for her.
    Tyler must have noticed her reaction because he stopped advancing and hung his head for a moment. “I’m sorry, Kayla. I never wanted you to fear me. I didn’t mean to hurt your wrist.”
    “I don’t fear you,” she lied, “but you hurt me , Tyler. I don’t know if I could trust being alone with you for a while. I am asking you to leave now, and I’ll see you in a couple of days when you come back to work. We are only co-workers until I feel more comfortable being around you again.”
    Tyler sighed, then nodded. “I understand, but I ask you to do me a favor and stay away from those two at the club. You can date anyone but them.”
    “What are you talking about? Do you know