“I want to.” I take his hand and press the palm to my cheek. “Talk to me.”

Tristan hedges a moment. “You know I haven’t been with anyone. Since the divorce.” He rolls a thick shoulder. “A lot of that was because of work. Because I didn’t meet anyone that interested me. But, uh…the divorce had a lot to do with it, too. Eric’s mother and I weren’t a great match. We didn’t have the same interests, but we came from money. It was more for status than anything. When she ...