We left Brett and Annie several hours later.
"Come home with me." Dan didn't pose a question, he made a statement.
We had yet to spend the night together. Today had been the first time we'd had s*x, and he wanted to take it further. I knew by agreeing, our relationship was going from casual dating to commitment in twenty-four hours. s*x, meeting the best friends, spending the night-it was all a recipe for a serious relationship. My mind struggled to acquiesce, but my heart wanted to go. Nothing had ever felt so right, not even with Matt, but I wondered if my heart were leading me down a primrose path I wouldn't recover from. I hadn't been honest with Dan. He didn't know the skeletons in my closet, but he hadn't revealed any to me either. The desire to throw caution to the wind was stro
