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It was alet that she had come here in a way neither of theh to keep the truth at bay, being alone together in Jesse’s big, wide bed surely was

It was, Sienna was certain, the most perfect place in the world to lie in your lover’s arms To tremble with passion as he entered you To fall into dreamless sleep and then come awake to his slow, deep ed stroke of his hands

She had never been this happy in her life Jesse was—he onderful Good and kind Exciting and sexy He was everything she’d ever hoped a man could be, a complex mass of contradictions and juxtapositions that were absolutely a in his wake after an afternoon of nonstop, far-too-expensive shopping and then cap it off by buying her a tacky and adorable stuffed toy froh He could confer with the snootiest so stand And, as she quickly learned, he was fine with letting her choose what she wanted to drink and eat, and in ordering them without his help

And when she figured out that he’d deliberately baited her on their first evening in the city, she called hi herself into his ar him

Her Jesse was, yes, wonderful

And all at once, looking at hi over late coffee in his sun-filled apartment, Sienna felt as if the earth had suddenly tilted under her feet

She was in love with him

The cup in her hand trembled She put it down and tried to tell herself it wasn’t true She couldn’t have let that happen Loving Jesse was a dangerous, foolish thing Bad enough she’d become his responsibility, but to love him, to want hienda…

“Sienna” Jesse rose from his chair and came quickly to her side “Baby, what is it?”

“Nothing I’m—I’m fine”

“The hell you are” He drew her chair back, lifted her to her feet “You’re not happy”

“Jesse—”

“Withhere?”

“Oh, no, it isn’t you! It could never be—”

“Do you o back?”

He had never asked her those questions And she hadn’t given the to accept what had happened, but yes, at the beginning, if there’d been a way to return to her own time…

“The only place I want to be is right here”