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See to remember this at the same time I did, Chloe pulled up her panties and slid her skirt back down her thighs before letting me take her hand to help her stand As usual, I was struck by the quiet all around us, and wondered if ere ever as controlled and sneaky as we thought ere

She looked around, a little dazed, and then tossed rin "This will "

"Not sorry," I htened, she turned and walked intothe sleeves of her sweater up her forear my front to her back, and moved ers and she leaned her head back againsther scent froers just so I could stand this close

"Are we staying at your place tonight?" I asked It was always a hard choice My bed was better for play, but her kitchen was better stocked

She turned off the water and reached to dry her hands on my towel "Your place I have to do laundry"

"Don’t ever let me hear you say romance is dead" I took my turn with the towel and then bent to kiss her She kept her mouth closed, eyes open, and I pulled back a little

"Bennett?"

"Mmm?"

"I do, you know"

"You do what?"

"Love you Maybe I don’t tell you enough Maybe that’s why you used the bat signal"

I shtly beneath my ribs "I know you do And that isn’t why I texted I texted because I don’t get enough of your exclusive attention lately and I’reedy bastard Hasn’t ?"

"After we s will quiet down and we’ll have more tis do settle doouldn’t it be nice to get away for a little bit before all that anyway?"

"When?" she asked, and looked around as if her packed calendar permeated every surface

"There won’t ever be a perfect time And e , she shook her head "Well, I can’t think of a worse tirabbed her phone froo," she said, kissingmy office

And the topic was dismissed

But the word vacation stayed in ht: ether, finally decide which apart to rent in New York, discuss what to keep froure out when in the hell we’d find time to pack it all in the first place

Oh, and spend the re every inch of my Beautiful Bastard’s body Twice

But that itinerary was before he’d walked through the door of his house to finddinner in his kitchen Before he’d tossed his jacket and keys to the couch and practically sprinted across the rooainst him and sucked at the skin below my ear as if he hadn’t tasted me in weeks

Needless to say, the plan had been downsized dramatically

One: dinner Two: nad

Even so, Bennett see to eat at this rate," I said, tiltingmy neck His war clattered to the cutting board

"And?" he whispered, pressing his hps toainst ainstover me without the benefit of my shoes, and brushed his lips over my throat

"And" I hed softly, hands ski my sides to rest at my hips "Exactly And God, it feels like I haven’t touched you in weeks"

"This afternoon," I corrected, pulling back just enough to meet his eyes "It was this afternoon, you knohen I sucked you off at your desk?"

"Oh, yes I seeh Perhaps you could refresh ue, ck"

"Nice ?"

He barked out a laugh "If the way she looked at us after we fked in the coatroo in February is any indication, then yes"

"I hadn’t seen you in teeks!" I said, feeling , you ass"

"But I’ kiss to my lips "Don’t pretend like you don’t love it" I couldn’t argue Bennett o than in it lately, but he was allof asses"--he reached down and squeezed ht"