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This was one of the things I loved about hi starved et used to Braden’s tactility but noouldn’t knohat to do without it His affection for me came so easily he touched and kissed one fro it

"Here" I nodded, taking a reluctant step back "I need to go to the restroom I’ll meet you at the bar"

After I peed, I stood in front of the washstand, searchingEllie had said I looked different I hadn’t knohat sheatdifferent about ray and tip tilted They weren’t warraphs of myself that my eyes tended to coh most of the tiraphs that caughtinto my eyes I could see a shift in them The intensity hadn’t totally left the new reflected there So as I dried s They were bare in the sundress I’d chosen to wear in anticipation of the hot weather in Hawaii My olive skin was ready to deepen to a tan as I lazed by the pool for the next fourteen days Vacations weren’t so I ever bothered about because I’d lost all that stuff when I lost my family However, I’d never been somewhere like Hawaii before And I’d be there with my hot husband

Braden and I had busy lives This was the first ti each other’s company with no interference from work or friends or fahts of hot, energetic sex

My se I wandered slowly toward the bar, glad at least not to be rushing around in a sweaty, flusteredover the quiet bar, I found Braden’s back facinghim surreptitious looks as she pretended to be busy

Braden wasn’t a classically handsoed, sexy, very tall, well built, and he wore his suits better than an Armani model Since the moment I’d met him I’d been struck by his natural confidence It was hot Even when it veered into arrogance, annoying the hell out of me, I still found it hot

So it didn’t surprise me that a lot of people found my husband attractive too

When we first started our no-strings-attached relationship I’d pretended not to care when I saw other wo hier and admitted that I loved him as much as he loved me, I’d found it hard not to chase the obnoxious flirts away from him In fact, someti those wo and a total turn-on

Not so much when the shoe was on the other foot

Still, as our relationship had grown, so had ether we’d ht at that moment I didn’t want to stride up to Braden in front of the bartender and stake e leap toward putting ood rin, I smoothed my features until they were perfectly blank and sauntered toward the bar However, I didn’t take the stool next to Braden My heels clicked on the hard, shiny floor as I sashayed onto a stool that gave ood view of Bradenon the opposite side of the bar

"What can I get you to drink?" the felass of red wine, please"

I felt Braden’s eyes on aze his way I saw his eyes dancing at my mischief

He knew exactly what I was up to

The bartender slid the glass of wine toward reeted casually down the bar "I’, gorgeous pale blue eyes of his And then he obviously decided to just go with it when he slipped out of his stool and ave me a smirk as he reached out to take s "Braden"

I gave hiet you a drink?"

"I really should say no" He held up his ring finger with his wedding band on it "I’ a rush of exciteame "I didn’t realize I take it your wife isn’t with you this evening?"

"Apparently not," Braden answered, hiswith definite a eren’t at a bar in an airport but at hoaze turned heated in a way Braden understood "That’s good news"

"It is?" he glanced down at my left hand

I turned ht "Yeah, I’ain, Braden’s reply was thick with a sincerity that soed to be as emotional as it was sexual "He’s a very lucky man"

I tilted my head flirtatiously "That’s what I hear"

Braden leaned intoit

My srew "So can I buy you a drink?"

"I actually think I’d like that"

The air was charged between us as he waited for my next move I looked away and called the bartender over After ordering him a drink, I waited to see if Braden would keep up the pretense withto?" he asked, his tone ah