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Normally, if Toht, he woke to his son’s foot in his face or orchie in his ribs At the very least he oken at the crack of dawn by Toet up
To be able to lie here and leisurely wake up next to the woeous, naked wootten how special that could be and he wanted to do it everyYes, they had soain and now he had, he didn’t want to waste ti apart
He trailed a finger down her spine and sain Her skin arainst the pads of his fingers It had been a long ti to work out OK After six years maybe it was his time to be happy?
When he thought about it, he’d known since the beginning Just like with Annie It hadn’t just been the ht or the way she’d been with To that she was ued hiht and now he knehy Because he’d fallen for her From the second she’d taken Tom’s hand, prepared to protect a little boy she didn’t know frooner
He rolled on his stoainst hers, and propped himself up on his elbows He dropped a kiss on her upper arm and another on her shoulder blade Did she feel the sa when he had told her he was falling for her No I think I areat, let me think about it
Saturday had freaked her out Hell, it had freaked hiht up in the heart-pounding fear that so every part of her Even the panic merchant It meant warts and all
Hailey had baggage that would impact on their lives He knew that But, then, so did he And he would spend the rest of his life being there for her when the events of her past overwhelilant with Tom then so be it It would be nice to have soilance with as well as his fears for Tom’s future
Still, he had the feeling she’d be skittish, especially after the events of Saturday And what if she didn’t love his, it didn’t mean that she did She was definitely attracted to him, had admitted it in word and deed But he wanted , more than sex
He wanted what he’d had with Annie A deep and abiding co Maybe ic end to his e, he would never not have done it and he was sure he and Annie would have been together for ever had fate not dealt them a rotten hand Soe and he was a firm believer in the institution
He certainly wanted another shot at it With Hailey
‘Why are you watching me?’