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Before she could tell hi her into hi her, so hard but with such finesse that even as she tried to fight hiive in already

It hat she’d alanted, after all

Jake

But that wasn’t good enough, just fulfilling her body’s needs Not if her heart was left out in the cold

He let go of her and was back in his car and speeding away froin to process what had happened on the steps

"Who was that?"

Sophie still had her hand over her ht, as she turned to her co-worker with surprise She’d forgotten she and Jake had been out in public

He alwaysbut him

Janice didn’t wait for her to reply before saying, "I didn’t think there were anythan your brothers" She shook her head in disbelief "Is that your boyfriend?"

No, Sophie thought with an edge of silent hysteria, he’s just the father of the baby I’ deep, Sophie faked a sossip in the San Francisco library system "I’ve known him forever He’s a close friend of the family"

Janice looked at her like she was nuts "Friends? That’s all you are?" She frowned "None of ed, as if a kiss like that from a male friend was perfectly noret inside"

Well, she thought as she walked up to the large front doors, perhaps there was an upside to Janice having seen Jake At least that hen she started showing maybe she wouldn’t have to explain as much Her co-worker would spread the word for her

Chapter Fifteen

Jake screeched to a stop in his parking space behind McCann’s

Sophie was right He was an idiot

What if their kids could barely read because of hi of his kids going through what he’d been through School had been hell He could still rerade, watching them learn to read all around hiet the letters to make sense