Aileen sat up as he pulled away, messy curls falling over her shoulders. No, of course he wasn't going to cuddle with her. She had had her one chance, and it was over now. It made her heart heavy, to think on it that way, but that was the only way she could look at it. The best she could do was to not be bothered by it, but that was harder than she told herself it would be.

"Slept like a babe." She knelt next to him, reaching for him in spite of herself. Aileen's hand came to rest lightly on Roland's arm.