She groaned, blinking the sleep from her eyes, as she stared at Chubby's plump rear-end. "Not again, Chubby," she groaned. Chubby always stuck his butt in her face whenever he felt like she wasn't giving him enough attention. After she pushed the cat away, she sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. As she yawned and stretched, she had the feeling that she was forgetting something important. And then she remembered. "I kissed Gideon," she said, not sure if she was terrified or ecstatic. She thrust her fingers into her hair. Even though his lips on hers had felt divine, she knew that the man would be even more incorrigible now that she'd accepted his advances. Probably he thought he was a few charming grins away from sweeping her into bed. "Think again," she muttered as if Gideon was in the room. Yet even as she said the words, she remembered the hot, passionate kiss they'd shared and her cheeks grew warm.
