Page 31 (1/2)

"Very cute," I say with a sine our kids in these bedroo ht s with you?"

"Why would anything be wrong?" I shrug and turn my back on him to walk out into the hallway toward the other end of the house where the master suite is Until I saw that library downstairs, this wasand comfortable, the carpet deep and soft under bare feet, and instead of regular s, there is a wall of glass with a door that opens onto a s on that balcony every Sundaycoffee while I listen to birds sing in the trees Or rock my babies to sleep out here while I listen to crickets and watch the stars

And in every scenario, Mark is in the chair next toahead of myself here I didn’t really think about it tooto sell the house, it feels like I’ve lost so… important

"Okay," Mark says abruptly and lifts ’s up Speak"

"I’m fine"

"You’re sad, M We went from hot horniness to sadness in the blink of an eye, and I want to knohy"

I shrug and bite et it Let’s have sex" I dive for his jeans but he rolls overme beneath him

"No This won’t work if we don’t talk, so talk"

"You talk" I pout

His lips twitch and his eyes light with hu me feel better

"Okay I love you Your turn"

"I love you too Your turn"

"I want to knohy you suddenly withdrew from me"

"I didn’t, I just…"

"What?" He rests his lips onmy cheeks with his thumbs

"I don’t want you to sell this house" I bite rowls and laughs as he leans his forehead onto have to torture the infor you talk, you know"

"No you don’t I’ant way he does and his naughty smile spreads over his mouth and I know I’m in deep trouble

"Oh, sweetheart," he e accepted"

He nibbles my lips and rips the buttons completely off my button-down shirt as he spreads it apart and buries his face in e

"That was a new shirt," I inform him dryly