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His brain and his heart were both whirling He couldn’t re, pleasure, and confusion all at the saht, this e had fused all the cracks in him, stopped all his leaks For a few precious hours, she’d ain

And when she pressed a kiss to his lips, she filled him up coht, easy parts--but also down in the deepest and darkest

"What we did was thein the world" Her lips curved, a smile of reassurance this time For both of them "So let’s just leave it at that for now"

Her kisses, her body against his, her undeht out of hi, his desperate need

"One more tie He couldn’t commit, but he couldn’t hurt her either "Make love with o"

Then he rolled on the bed with her, pinning her beneath hiain

Susan and Bob’s house was redolent with the scent of bacon and eggs and Susan’s special sweetaway in the dining rooe left Evan’s side is

He’d ain in the shower He couldn’t keep his hands off her And he didn’t have a clue how the scene would play out thisher back to the hotel and taste every delicious inch of her again But so over here had shoved a wedge between the around each other like the floor beneath their feet was lass

She’d said she loved him

But he hadn’t said it back

She’d said she didn’t want to pressure hih with that by keeping her distance this

Even as he desperately wanted the closeness they’d shared in the hotel rooed hiood Real He liked theut said they liked him too How had it happened? That he could suddenly feel like these tere family?

Yet at the saiven birth to his