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Under the strong, waran’s pain started to fade Of course, asthat Pesh was in her living room She couldn’t believe that he had shown up out of the blue to check on her Just when she thought he couldn’t be any kinder orher neck on the foaht about her talk with Kristi the day before She hated to admit it, but she knew she had a choice to o of Pesh, or she had toand hooking up…or was it just hooking up?

With a frustrated groan, she shifted in the tub, sloshing the water around Closing her eyes, she tried to search her heart for how she truly felt No man had ever made her feel like felt with Pesh, and that could be said both inside and out of the bedrooers, she kneas tiet out of the tub She could stay there for days and still not have the answer she so desperately sought

After she toweled off and wrapped herself in her terry cloth robe, she went out into the bedroom As she threw on a fresh pair of pajama pants and a T-shirt, she noticed it fully quiet in the living roo, she ducked out of the bedrooht across from her on the couchup, she clutched her T-shirt over her heart, trying to still some of the ache that burned there

With the strains of Despicable Me playing in the background, Pesh lay on his back with Mason on top of hiled into Pesh’s chest, and he was sound asleep They both were Pesh’s face was tilted down, his nose pressed into the strands of Mason’s hair

Before she could harden herself to the e her eyes In that moment, she allowed herself to fantasize that this was truly her life She had a loving husband who adored her, and her son had an attentive and doting father What more could she ask for in life? In thosePesh so hard about a relationship Besides her own happiness, there was nothing more in the world that she wanted than for Mason to be safe and happy

As she cas clearly for the first ti time Pesh had been so worried about her that he’d driven over just to check on her She’d never had a boyfriend who cared about her that much, and no matter how hard she searched in the future, she was probably never going to find another s about hiet up in the s, so she could see hi her phone to see if she had a text fro tis that Pesh felt for her or that she felt for him--it was the fact that he cared so e deal for any future ly es, she walked over to the couch As she stood over the two of the out her hand and tenderly touching Pesh’s cheek He stirred at the contact When his eyelids fluttered open, she smiled at him "Hi"

His gaze spun around the roolanced down at Mason, realization washed over his face "Sorry I didn’t mean to fall asleep"

"It’s okay I’ in the tub"

He s over, she slid her hand under Mason’s stos She hoisted him up and into her ar to put you to bed"

"Night, night, Pesh," Mason ht, little man," Pesh replied

Once she had tucked Mason in and kissed his cheek, she closed his bedroo rooe of one of the couch cushions, as if he were planning to leave as soon as she caht the moment I put him down"

"Good" When he started to stand up, she pushed hi down onto his lap, she wrapped her arht his hand up to rub lazy circles over her back She didn’t speak for a fewclose to hihs beneath her

"Thank you for coht"

His brows rose in surprise "Are you sure? I was afraid I was overstepping h his dark hair, she shook her head "I think we need to talk about our boundaries"

"Oh?"