Game of Chance

"We both know you don't trust me."

His words recalled last night and suddenly erected a wall between them that Kit had no idea how to breach. She dragged her gaze away from the dark intensity of his. If only she could have freed herself of all inhibition and thrown herself into his arms, she would have done so in that moment. But the behaviour of a lifetime couldn't be eradicated so easily. At last he turned away and she could breathe again, but she had never felt so lost and confused in her life.