I looked into her eyes.
“I’m falling in love with you.”
Her lips parted.
I continued before I could lose my nerve.
“And I’m terrified of what that means for Daniel. I’m terrified that people will think I’m taking advantage of you. I’m terrified that we’ll get this wrong and lose things we can never get back.”
She nodded.
“I’m afraid of those things too.”
“But I don’t want to pretend the feelings aren’t there.”
“Neither do I.”
For one beautiful, dangerous moment, we stood close enough to kiss.
Then Karen stepped back.
“Not yet.”
I nodded.
“Not yet.”
She smiled sadly.
“When the divorce is final, if you still feel this way, we’ll talk again.”
“And if I do?”
“Then we’ll have a very complicated conversation.”
I laughed.
“I’m looking forward to it already.”
We went back to work.
Neither of us knew that Michael had parked across the street twenty minutes earlier.
