She shook her head with a smile, but he persisted with another argument and she seemed to assent and he put an arm round her as they moved to the floo.... She did not pull away, but seemed to lean into him.Aidan was unprepared for the emotions that overtook him at that moment. He was afraid. Afraid that this Alpha Male had taken her from him; he was jealous; he was annoyed that she had agreed to a dance with this stranger before he and Sam had danced together. He was angry that she was enjoying. Which is why what happened recently is so hard to explain. On Bryan’s twenty-seventh birthday late last month, Pattie and Troy wanted to take us to this hot club that they’d recently discovered to celebrate. When the day arrived, Pattie asked if it was all right if a good friend of hers from high school who was visiting for the weekend, a guy named Aaron, could join us. He seemed like a nice guy. Kind of quiet, almost mysterious, and strangely attractive in that way that’s so difficult to. What a request! This is the woman who'd had a sexually cold husband, had never given a blow job, and now she wants to try trading partners. Bernadette was really expanding her horizons. I said, "Okay, as long as you set everything up and no one else knows about the trade." Bernadette said, "It shouldn't be a problem." It was on Tuesday when I was doing my volunteer job that I got a note from Bernadette: "All set, Saturday night, seven o'clock, my place, be there, dress casual." On the Saturday. ”“Why?”“Because I think of you as more than a rescue. Friend. More.”“More?”“More.”“Like?”“Mimi, you’re special to me, okay...” He seemed flustered.I reached over and patted his arm. It’s a good arm. Not overtly muscular, but muscular. Tommy’s a healthy man. I wonder what he does to keep that going.I also know that I’m not going to rush off into something with him. I don’t think either of us is ready, but like he said – Friend. More. And right now, I think it’s great.He helps me move my stuff.