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"I don’t wanna go for pizza today," Sophie announced

Miranda wrinkled her forehead "But it’s our Saturday tradition"

Her daughter stubbornly shook her head "I don’t wanna go Can you ask the pizza et it delivered," she said, baffled "But why?"

An exaggerated sigh reverberated in the interior of the car "’Cause you’re tired, Mom Duh!"

With that, Sophie returned her attention to her new doll, leaving Miranda to shake her head in awe and areat kids Sweet, perceptive, srats are sh to know that you’re the only parent they need

Seth’s words froht buzzed in her brain, iht Sophie had voicednice when he sees that we see he’s being nice

Out of the h? Was Seth going out of his way to refrain fro distance between himself and her children? Because the other day, when he’d recited his reasons for not wanting or liking kids, so had sounded so…false And call her crazy, but there ht have even been a tremor of panic in his tone

It suddenly occurred to her that she hardly knew anything about Seth Masterson He’d grown up in Vegas, he’d been raised by a showgirl, he’d enlisted at eighteen

But what else? What was his childhood like? What were his hopes and dreams? How did he envision his future?

And did it really matter whether she had the answers to any of those questions? The involvement between her and Seth was purely sexual Sooner or later it would fizzle out, so why try to forge a deeper connection?

Maybe the less insight she had into Seth’s co edgy as hell as he watched Miranda wipe the corner of her mouth with a napkin, all cute and de roo on the pizza Miranda had ordered for dinner The flat screen on the as playing an ani attention to the TV He was too busy looking at Miranda, saodda the woman did turned him on Shelaundry, sweeping the kitchen floor--didn’ther eat pizza that got his blood going His gaze was glued to her rats finally decided to comment No surprise as to which one, either

"Why are you staring at my mom?" Sophie demanded

Seth blinked out of his lust-filled stupor "Ah, because she had tomato sauce on her cheek"

"I did?" Miranda’s dubious look said she saw right through hione now You wiped it away"