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She should, but she knew if she did, there was a good chance they’d get distracted and she’d be even later than she already was Piper cradled her lingerie against her chest and shook her head

She stepped into the modern, luxurious bathrooerie, ran her fingers through her curls and touched her puffy lips Yeah, the fact she’d had sex—fantastic,sex—ritten all over her face On the plus side, she had taken nearly a week to fall into Jaeger’s bed and arht be able to resist hiether

Piper splashed some water on her face in an attempt to take her color down, and when the water didn’t help, she stuck out her tongue at her reflection When she stepped back into the bedroo his feet into a pair of scuffed sneakers Her skirt and shirt lay on the ru, and Piper arments for her

Jaeger seeht, and his silence made Piper uncomfortable But really, as there to say? “Thanks, that was great I’ve got to get home to your son?”

Earlier she’d thought that keeping Ty a secret was the right thing to do, but nowshe’d somehow crossed a line she hadn’t intended to cross She felt downright guilty Maybe Jaeger had a right to knoas a father

But she had the right—no, the duty—to protect Ty fro that would harm him, physically and emotionally Even his own father

Having a father who didn’t want hiirl, and she wasn’t going to let that happen

But if she continued sleeping with Jaeger and she kept the truth frouilt would devour her And now that they’d becoain, hoould he react if he ever found out about Ty? Would he be hurt, livid, disinterested?

God, she didn’t know Piper recalled Fuseli’s eighteenth-century painting and sy the sea od, both options sucked, but which choice would hurt the least?

Piper quickly dressed and finally felt a little more like herself, a lotarea, her eyes were again drawn to the horse sculpture She walked over to it, her hands running over the s the horse’s rump “Oh my God, he’s fantastic”

“Yeah, I like hier said, picking up his phone and keys froranite island separating the kitchen fro area