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"I wasn’t the right one for you, Jim She’s out there somewhere You’ll find her"

But she could tell that he didn’t believe her

After the reception, Sterling had brought her to the ship

"Wait until you see it tonight," he said "We’ll have a full moon and so many stars"

"I don’t kno to swim"

"Hopefully, you won’t have to When we return home, I’ll teach you how to swim"

They stayed on deck for an hour before they went to their cabin It had been so ether that clothes were scattered over the floor as they worked quickly to divest each other of their garle of limbs

"We’ll haveassured her as he nuzzled her neck

"Doesn’tas you’re there, it doesn’t matter"

"You do know that as my wife I expect you to buy an inordinate amount of clothes"

"I’ve already ordered fifty dresses"

He nipped the side of her breast "Not for the orphans For you"

She cradled his face "I never bought clothes before because there was no one I really wanted to i you"

"Good Although I suspect I shall always prefer you without clothes at all"

He kissed her thoroughly as their hands traveled over each other’s body, relearning the shape and curves of what they’d once known He hadscar on his side that she’d given him, then she kissed the puckered wound where he’d been shot He kissed the scar on her forehead But none of the changes they saw altered their feelings…or if they did, it was to deepen them They’d survived They’d always survive

When he entered her, there was nothing to separate the heat of his flesh froood," he murmured near her ear "So hot, so slick, so wet I’ve never done this before, you know"