She needed to know she wasn’t crazy, that it wasn’t all in her head, that they had something worth exploring, that he felt it, too. After all, she was a firm believer that unrequited love was overrated, and she longed to know whether their secret was one he hated to keep or treasured as she did. Because even though she had seduced him before, he hadn’t had a chance to take the lead. There just hadn’t been time. Now they had a chance to make things right, to try again. She hoped he would be a man and take her. She wanted to feel the extent of his emotional and physical desire for her. Because if there was one thing Julianna couldn’t stand it was being wrong. The only thing she hated more than that was being out of control when it came to men. She had only been wrong once. About Charlie. She thought it was true love, and he had gone behind her back. She wouldn’t make that mistake again. All she had wanted back then was for Charlie to want her like he wanted his slut, helplessly and hopelessly.
