Chapter 201: Sworn Enemies

Tim was not a friend. He didn't even seem to like her. And yet, every now and then she swore she caught him looking at her with heat in his gaze. And damn it, she wanted it.

She wanted his eyes on her. His hands too. It had been so long since anyone had touched her anywhere. Sex was nothing more than a memory at this stage of her life. Sometimes she felt cheated. There had been no one since Paul. In the end, he'd suffered so badly with his condition, it had been more than a year before the cancer had claimed his life.

She knew it was awful. She was awful. It would be an honor to live out the rest of her days mourning him, but she was only human. She'd loved him the best way she knew how, but she was still here. She was still alive. Was it wrong for her to still want?