Chapter 45

“I want to apologize for the way I have been… For being frosty,” she greeted him. “I just, well, I was very sensitive and tired that night and I kinda snapped. And it was my fault that we… Ermmm… You know. I just want you to know that I am sorry. My father tells me that sometimes I tend to get a little too into the zone and too emotional and I can lose sight of my manners.”

Asher hadn’t expected an apology. He just stared at her, so she continued. “So, why don’t you come with me to the Chinese restaurant a few blocks down and we can get… I don’t know… reacquainted? You know, like the normal way.”

“I appreciate the offer, but you know as part of my job I’d go anyway,” he pointed out finally.

Kimberly gave him a wry smile.

“I’m inviting you to eat with me,” she corrected. “Not sit creepily behind me like a weird stalker.”

Asher stepped back to retrieve his wallet and walked out into the hall. As she shut the door, he snorted.

“You apologize and then