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And how could I resist? There were plush, padded lounge chairs and a cabinet with towels and blankets He set the glasses on a low table between two lounges and grabbed fleece blankets He had the co industrial kind they put out on restaurant patios It wasn’t quite chilly enough that evening to turn it on

After the yard lights were di the golden lights dance on the water’s surface It was just after sunset and the sky was an otherworldly shade of lavender reflected in the waters of the bay as dusk dropped quickly, like it always did close to the coast Boats returned fro across the water The distant sounds of a party drifted frolanced over at Ada e- I sipped athiht in Southern California, though the days were teot chilly once the sun went down, especially on the beach

Without looking up froh? You want the heater on?"

"No," I said, getting up froe "I have a better idea to keep ware, and plunked down beside hi his legs down, one on either side of the lounge and indicated that I should sit between theot that sa of weird stiffness--like he didn’t knohat to do Clearly Adarown up in an affectionate family And I had no idea why I needed to connect to him Hell, I cuddled with Heath sometimes, when he tolerated it It was just who I was But the sense I got from Adam was more hesitant than reluctant, as if he didn’t kno to handle it rather than being repulsed by it

Adam finished his latest text and set his phone aside I leaned ainst his shoulder and slowly he hitched his arainst hiht darkened around us My blood pounded inat the center ofhere

"Hoork? All disasters averted?"

"The old disasters are swept aside by the new ones, as usual," he said

"One of your guests said soht that I found re, but he said so you had a chance to enjoy your gorgeous home when you work a hundred-hour week as your noreration" Aer, because he also said you regularly sleep at your office"

He paused "I’ve never pushed any e seventy-hour weeks, then I’ll do ninety"

I angled my head to look up at him "But why have all this, then, if you can’t enjoy it?"

"Who says I don’t? Besides, Miss Doctor, I don’t think you’ll soon be a stranger to ninety-hour eeks yourself"