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and figured the
best way to get them was to ask while he couldn't get away. She
just had this feeling about him, as if he actually wanted to talk
to her—to get to know her better—but something was preventing him
from trusting her. She could blame inexperience on her desire to
get to know him better, but what was his excuse? He did this kind
of thing all the time. Sex didn’t mean anything to him, did it?
    “So,” she asked as the second knot came free,
“how long have you known Kelly?”
    “He doesn't like to be called Kelly,” Owen
said.
    “You call him that.”
    “And he complains about it constantly.”
    “Okay,” she said, “how long have you known Kellen ?”
    “We aren't supposed to be getting personal.
Remember?”
    “If you won’t talk to me, I guess I'll just
come to my own conclusions about the two of you then,” she said,
working at a third knot, but taking her sweet time about loosening
it.
    Owen stiffened. “What kind of
conclusions?”
    “That you're in love with him and the only
reason you go after women is to cover up your feelings for a
man.”
    “That's one possible explanation,” Owen said,
surprising her yet again by not saying what she expected.
    “Is it the correct one?” She didn't want it
to be. She had no problem sleeping with Owen unless he was in love
with someone already. If that was the case, then she felt in her
heart that she was the other woman. Or maybe the only woman in this
particular case.
    “No,” Owen said with such conviction that she
believed him. “I'm not in love with him.”
    “In lust with him?”
    “I'm not sure.”
    “Have you been in lust with a man
before?”
    “Never. And I'm not sure I'm in lust with
Kelly either. I'm not sure about anything at the moment.” He
glanced over his shoulder at her. “Except that I'd really like to
be untied now.”
    “I'm working on it.” She released the knot
she'd been fiddling with unnecessarily and moved on to another one.
“Does he have feelings for you?”
    “He doesn't have feelings for anyone
anymore.”
    “And why's that?” She met his eyes, and he
didn't look away. Were they starting to connect on a more personal
level? She wouldn't mind. This sex for the sake of sex thing was
new to her, and she wasn't sure if she could forget this guy that
easily. Wasn’t sure she wanted to forget him. So far, he was pretty
terrific.
    “He was in love with a woman. Planned to
marry her.”
    “Was?”
    “She died.”
    Empathy made Caitlyn’s heart pang. She’d lost
her sister a few years before, she still felt as if a gaping hole
was eating its way through her heart whenever she thought about
Morgan. The sad thing was, she thought about Morgan less and less
as time went by. She couldn’t seem to stop her from slipping
farther away. “He's still grieving?”
    “Yeah, I'm pretty sure he'll always grieve
for her.”
    “Probably. But it will lessen with time.” And
then he’d probably feel guilty for moving on. Caitlyn did.
    “It's already been five years.”
    “That's not so long, really.”
    “It is when you're twenty-seven.”
    Caitlyn paused. “Is that how old you
are?”
    “Maybe. Does it bother you?”
    She chuckled and moved to the next knot in
Kellen's intricate and beautiful design. “You're quite a bit older
than my ex-husband’s new fling,” she said. “But then she can't
legally drink in this country.”
    “Age doesn't matter.”
    “You don't think so? I think society would
disagree.”
    “Fuck 'em. No one understands what's between
two people except the two involved. Outsiders, they don't get
it.”
    “I guess I am an outsider in my ex-husband’s
relationship. But I don’t agree with it and yes, partly because of
their age difference. I’m sure he took advantage of her
innocence.”
    “I wasn't talking about them. I was talking
about us.”
    “Oh, did I take advantage of your innocence?”
Caitlyn paused and flexed her fingers. They were starting to ache
from working the knots