But before she could ask him inside for a drink, he looked at his watch and said, “I’ve got to get going. Thanks for a great afternoon,” and sped off, leaving her standing on the sidewalk in front of her house feeling more than a little bereft. The truth was, no matter how much she tried to pretend she didn’t have feelings for Charlie, no matter how much she wavered back and forth about the emotional extent of their relationship, she now knew with 100% certainty that she was in love with him. After their incredible sex play on the mini-train at the zoo, they had spent the rest of the day eating cotton candy and hot dogs, riding the elephants, and admiring the baby tiger cubs that were brought outside during their feeding. With every minute that passed in Charlie’s company, Candace fell harder and harder for him. He was funny, gorgeous, brilliant, and the most sexually intoxicating man she had ever encountered. Candace was sure she would never meet anyone again who would make her feel so incredibly good, so wonderfully happy.
