Chapter 320

• Because it was torture not to reach out and take Chloe in his arms, to kiss her, to touch her, as he so longed to do. He knew that he couldn’t do that if he intended to be with her again. He knew instinctively that she would use any physical coercion on his part now as a reason not to see him again.
• "Of course," he replied. "Perhaps you would have lunch with me on your next day off?"
• He was rewarded by Chloe’s startled look. "Lunch?" she repeated.