Somehow Wilkes and she had discovered something totally new. She had no doubt they’d both been rattled to the core by that one kiss last night.They’d stepped on an uncharted planet at the same time. This new feeling wouldn’t be all that unusual for her, she’d had a very sheltered life, but Wilkes was one of those men who’d been around. He’d probably had a dozen girlfriends and flirted with hundreds. Surely he’d kissed someone before as he’d kissed her last night.Yet when he’d looked down at her after the kiss, he looked as if he wasn’t sure what had happened. She might have dreamed about that kind of kiss, but she knew Wilkes never expected to be so shaken by it.He left a note by the coffeepot saying he wouldn’t be able to take her into work. He was sorry, but the sheriff would drop by about eight thirty to pick her up.She sighed. Maybe she’d read too much into last night. So much for any feelings growing out of one stolen kiss under a rustler’s moon. It was time she stepped back into the real world.
