"That night in your office, you made me feel kind of trashy, so I avoided you. Actually, you made me feel a lot trashy." She set down her fork completely, feeling her appetite fade. "By the time the State Dinner rolled around, I knew that I couldn't be around you without wanting sex. Every time you touch me, even then and especially now, I get all hot and bothered. When you came up and asked me to dance, it felt like you were rubbing all of that in my face and all I wanted to do was get back at you. Knowing you were thinking about it just as much as I was?" Annie shook her head and gave a sigh. "I barely managed to wait until we were in that room."

Looking up, she caught his eye. "I never told Jai what happened between us. Any of those times between us."