LOVING THE COLONELTRENTON AND I SETTLED INTO our new relationship. I admit that I felt so much lighter after having told him the secrets that I’d been carrying around with me for so long. But another part of me waited for him to betray me. Since that night, I’d never let any man get so close to me. I usually broke things off when they started making noises about us sleeping together. So far, Trenton hadn’t pushed me, though he’d hinted around about wanting to. I wanted to as well. Lately, his kisses weren’t enough. But still I held back. Part of me still carried the memories and I was afraid of them coming back when we were in the heat of the moment and the mood would be ruined. He’d only take that but for so long.
“You’re grinning a whole lot lately,” Tracy commented.
“What?”
“You hear
