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phone after that night, asking me to call him back. He’d said he was deeply sorry about missing our date and that there had been a reason. But I’d been so convinced that he was a womanizing jerk that I’d deleted the messages and then practically run away every time I happened to run into him around the academy. He’d even written me a letter, and I’d tossed it into the garbage unopened without a second thought.
    He was absolutely right. I was being childish as all hell, carrying around a vendetta against a man who’d stood me up and treating him like shit without even giving him the time of day to try to explain his side of things.
    I crossed my arms. “Fine. Let’s hear it. Let me guess, the woman I saw you with on a date that night was actually your sister? Or something else just as convenient?”
    Lyndon ran his hands through his hair with an exasperated sigh. “It wasn’t convenient,” he replied. “And no, it wasn’t my sister. It was an old friend.”
    I snorted and threw him a scornful glance. “You were holding her hand across the table. Seemed like more than just an old friend to me!”
    “Her name is Eva, and she called me that evening because she had just broken up with someone and been kicked out of her apartment. We go way back; went to high school together. I knew she needed me to be there for her, so I spent the night trying to comfort her and talk through her problems, and I let her crash at my place till she sorted herself out.”
    “I’ll bet you did,” I mumbled, looking down at my feet.
    “Oh, and did I forget to mention? She’s a lesbian, Myla. She has no interest in me, and I have none in her. So yeah, I fucked up. I was so caught up in it that I honestly spaced on our date, even though I was pretty fucking excited for it until she called. I tried contacting you as soon as I realized, and you never answered. Yeah, I really fucked up. But you could have at least given me a moment to explain!”
    “Oh,” I replied, my mind going numb. I felt like a heinous bitch for never having listened to him, but on the other hand, he’d forgotten about me…just like that.
    Seemingly reading my thoughts, he stepped even closer to me and grabbed one of my hands, enclosing it tightly in his powerful grip. “I know I screwed up. I shouldn’t have forgotten about our date the way I did. There’s no excuse for that. You’re worth so much more than that. And believe me, I spent a long time kicking myself for being so fucking stupid. I would never have been so stupid again. All I wanted to do was make it up to you.”
    “Really?” I asked, looking up at him. “Why? There’s nothing special about me. I’m just a chubby nerd. I honestly wasn’t surprised when I thought you’d bailed on our date for someone else.”
    He caressed my cheek with one hand before wrapping the other around my waist, pulling my body against his. A half-strangled moan almost emerged from my throat, but I managed to swallow it.
    “First of all,” he said. “You aren’t chubby. You’re curvy and wonderful. Most women would kill to have that hourglass shape you’ve got going on. When I first saw you my mouth was practically watering. And secondly, you aren’t a nerd. You’re just intelligent; probably one of the smartest women I’ve ever encountered. I could tell that just from that speech you made that day, and I asked around about you a bit too. Graduated from high school early, master’s degree in some sort of genius science field. Believe me, smart women are hot as hell.”
    He said each word slowly and clearly to make sure I understood, and my cheeks flushed a volcanic red. I was glad I hadn’t had a chance to turn on the light, because even though my skin was a dark caramel shade, I could have sworn he’d still see the blush. Gazing up into his eyes, I saw only honesty and blazing lust, and I almost swooned in his arms.
    “Please, Myla. I want to know that it’s not just me who feels this…thing