No guts. No glory.

It had been long since she had last felt this way. It was great, yet, all they had been doing so far was kissing and a bit of touching. Truthfully, he was a way better kisser than in her past relationships. Not that she had many and lasting. 

Haley had three on and off serious ones, but it all ended badly. She had learned the hard way that they all only wanted one thing from her, money and power. They only used her love to get what they wanted. But that was then when she was still naive and foolish.

"Wait," Gerald suddenly pulled back, holding her face in the palms of his hands. Then, he stared at her as if demanding her attention. He kissed her one more time before letting her lips go. "I got to get this."

She did not even notice that his phone rang. Or maybe it was in silent mode. But she sat and waited for him to get back as he moved to the window to talk in private. It did not take long.