Confrontation About the Kiss

Aware her emotions swam dangerously close to the surface, she gave herself a mental shake, sat a little straighter in her seat and firmly changed the subject. "Thank you, but it all happened a long time ago, and we're here to talk about you, not me. So, tell me, Chris, exactly what frightened you off after that impulsive kiss last week? And please don't say you were too busy checking the main fuse box to find the cause of the power failure, because Ruben already told me you left after receiving a phone call. Had you forgotten you had a previous date, or was I so inept compared to the other women you know that you couldn't wait to escape me?"

"Neither," he said. "I had to go to work."

"You work?"

"Well, yes, Lara," he said, laughing. "Don't most men my age?"

"Yes, but you don't seem the corporate type."

"I'm not."

"And it was the middle of the night."

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