He shook his head. “I tossed and turned all night.”
She swallowed at Riley’s tone.
He leaned forward. “I was thinking of you all night.”
Her pulse jumped. “You were?”
He only nodded. “Were you thinking about me?”
Her heart jumped into her throat. “I was,” she whispered, being honest.
“I was hoping you were going to come to my room last night, finish what we’d started. I missed you.”
Her cheeks heated, and she knew he noticed. “Believe me, I wanted to…” But Tallin came to my room. She cleared her throat and took another drink.
“Why didn’t you?”
She didn’t regret what had happened, but she also didn’t know how to respond. “Because.” It was all she could say.
He reached out and touched her hand, stroking her fingers over her skin, looking right in her eyes.
“Come with me into the study, Lilly.” His voice had gone deep, husky.
With that, he got up, cleared his setting, and left the room. She sat there a moment, knowing she was going to follow him, but steeling herself for how this would go. She looked down at her half-eaten food, her appetite gone all of a sudden. Lilly pushed the plate away, and sat there for a second before standing and clearing off her setting.
She turned her attention to the hallway, knowing she needed to be honest and thinking now was a good a time as any.