What the heck just happened there? Where did I get the gumption not only to throw myself at him but to ask him if he was still mad at me? Now that I’d started off on that foot, I couldn’t go back, so I kept my brave face on even though my tummy was trembling hard enough to move stuff around in there.

I’d been sitting here pondering my reaction upon his return. Ever since Sebastian hung up the phone in the car and told me that Gabriel was on his way back, I’d been on pins and ...