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Jack sank down onto the couch with Mary, her curves soft beneath his el Forever"
Jack would never forget their first kiss under the et this one, either
Their first kiss after I love you…
Chapter Sixteen
The next day Jack was surprisingly full of energy as he went fro, despite the fact that neither he nor Mary had gottenever new joys of being with each other Not even the string of corporate th when he knew Mary would be waiting for hi with open arh to stumble onto her photo shoot in Union Square that fateful afternoon, when all hope for his career had alinning to so he could ever have i for a miracle to save his company…but in Mary he’d found far ht had coh her bedroom , he’d awakened with Mary spooned into his chest and hips, with his hand over her heart, and hers curled into his palm Jack had been hit with a fierce need to keep her love all to hier Soon he’d shout from the rooftops that Mary was his, but for just a few extra hours, he didn’t want to have to answer the questions that would surely come from all quarters--from people who knew them and journalists who didn’t--when their relationship was revealed
"I knoe’re not hiding anymore," he’d said softly as she’d turned into his arms so that her head was in the crook of his shoulder and her hand was resting over his heart, "but I don’t think I’m ready to share you just yet"
She’d s, dark hair a beautiful contrast to the ivory sheets "You knohat they say about secret kisses, don’t you?"
He should have been coht, but when she let the sheets slip froeous naked curves over hiood secret kisses could be, Jack knew he’d never get enough of Mary Their lovenore the relief that had flashed across her face when he’d said he wanted to keep things private between theer
Still, he knew they couldn’t keep their love a secret forever At some point in the very near future, they’d have to weather the fascination that was bound to co to settle doith an ordinaryJack desperately hoped Mary would be ready for that when it happened…
With bumper-to-bumper traffic in the city that afternoon, Jack decided it would be faster to forgo a taxi to Walter Industries and head there on foot, instead Allen had asked to see Jack, Larry and Howie this afternoon so that they could touch base on the progress they’d made these past teeks and topre-Christmas launch in a couple of days
As he walked past a strip of high-end stores, the glint of light off a ring in a jewelry storestopped Jack in his tracks