The Man She Can't Forget. Maggie Cox

She didn’t want to be one of the ‘weak’ that fell by the wayside.

      ‘You probably didn’t mean to hurt me, Gabriel, but the truth is you did. Perhaps you need to leave and reflect on that for a while?’

      His glance was more than a little bemused. ‘Do I take it that you’d be willing to see me again despite what just happened?’

      ‘I would. But you won’t behave like you have every right to kiss me like that again, Gabriel. Because I won’t let you.’

      Folding her arms across the fresh pink linen shirt that she’d donned after their walk as if she meant business, Lara sighed.