It was a good thing that she'd said thank you when she did because the entire car ride back to her apartment was spent contemplating how she was going to keep her goodbye to a simple goodnight kiss.

Thankfully, the decade (or so) he had on her meant that he had good manners. Plus, all that polite gentlemanly upbringing, right? She knew he'd walk her to her door, but once there, she paused.