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It was late afternoon alked up to his front door, with our long shadows preceding us A fresh breeze blew off the harbor and the familiar scent of the Back Bay assailedan unusually inter, could we boast eighty degrees in January while the rest of the country was locked under a massive sheet of ice

Ada ht hand pressed to the shtened under his touch, suddenly aware of how long I’d been craving so or a squeeze of the hand Now that most of the crappiness from the first dose of che like ass rather than weakly wishing forback I’d read about this With every treater to bounce back, with fewer and fewer days of feeling good in between I tried not to think about what lay ahead and instead chose to adoptin the now I vowed not to fret about whatto accept and appreciate what I had today

And today I had a very attentive, very hot youngin the saether and I hadn’t felt his touch in that way in far too long My heart raced a little with the anticipation It didn’t matter that I still had that dull headache or that oddamn it, and for today, why not enjoy it?

Adam checked his watch e hesitated in the entry hall Before spending the night on New Year’s Eve, I hadn’t been here in alod-awful fight we’d had when he’d found the painkiller syringes in lanced around Everything was still exactly the same The house looked as unlived in and spotless as ever

"Miss Emilia!" Adam’s housekeeper, Cora, cooed as she caht s and a kiss on the cheek

Then she put her hands to my cheeks "You look tired I "

I raised a brow at Adaed "I texted her when I went out to the car"

"Dinner’s in the fridge You can reheat it whenever you want"

She spoke with Ada tolist for her withto run upstairs and freshen up," I said, interrupting thehtCora instructions to pass along to Chef

I paused, fidgeting beside hihtened "Mr Drake has a surprise for you"

I turned to look at hi she shouldn’t have

She threw her hands up at hio You are okay for everything to," he said, while escorting me toward the stairs

I threw hiot I know the way to the bedroom"

There was a small smile on his sexy mouth, which he hid al"

I puzzled at that, following him up the stairs I knew better than to ask hi about With Adam, all was revealed in due time--his due time So e turned left in the upstairs hallway instead of right, which led to theuest suite "Step into er on the inside!" I said al around me in wide-eyed wonder at the transformation in the room

Adam smirked "That’s what she said…"

I made a face "Perv"

The entire time that I’d lived here before, for athe hike, and a ether before I’d decided to move out, I’d only been in this room a handful of times The suite was nearly as spacious as the master suite that I’d shared with Adam

But today it looked completely different It had been redecorated and, in soe ones that went all the way up to the ceiling from a brand new upholsteredseat that lined the entire thing The rooreen, ns with forest green and e in the corner with a retractable desk, complete with brand new laptop coeous before, had been redecorated to match It had a beautiful shower tiled in jewel tones, but I noticed steam jets had been added and the sunken tub beside it was new It sat flush against the tile floor and was backed by a new recessed gas-lit fireplace It was an overflow bathtub, with a lip all the way around it that alloater to go right to the edge and then drain away any excess