Hayley found herself wrestling with the pillow and with her emotions long after she should have gone to sleep. In her fatigued, confused state there was no chance of her finding sleep tonight. And fatigue and confusion were not the only emotions interfering with her sleep. As much as the reality of it alarmed and confused her further, she was slightly aroused too. What was it about this man that made her feel so confused? Hayley was no blushing virgin; she knew about men, she had experienced relationships before. But there was no one she had ever known who had stirred her the way Ethan did. Already, it was impossible to really believe that she had known him for less than a day. She closed her eyes and cast her mind back to the way Ethan had looked when she first saw him. A large man, stretched out and looking lazy in the sun. Only now did she realise how much of an act that appearance of relaxation must have been. At all times as she approached and circled his house, Ethan would have been acutely aware of her.
