You'll just have to trust me when I say that's not the case. She text me almost immediately when she got back inside and settled.
Believe me, I was thinking about kissing her WHILE I was holding her in my arms, and as I have already stated once since the last big update, I was reading her body language and made the decision based strictly upon that, not upon her text message, as the repliers here are doing.
The circumstances of what led up to the hugs in the first place (the first, and then more for the second) dictated some in the situation also. Again, not something that would be read here and figured into the decision, and I fully realize that.
I understand to many, or all, it looks like I "denied" her, but it just didn't go down exactly like that. I realize there is also some blame to be placed upon the writers!
Thank you for the always thoughtful responses, DW. Preciate it, GB.