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She was so lost in the fog of desire that it caht her at her wrists and were disentangling her so he could pull away

“I’m fine, Raoul, honestly”

“Let ht We can survive that, can’t we? Now go Get some sleep”

“Can’t you just sleep next to me? We don’t have to—”

He took a step back “No, it doesn’t work that ith us You know that No strings, remember?”

“Sure, I re a smile of acceptance to her face

Just sex, she repeated in the back of herit for the next hour as she lay in the dark, staring at the ceiling, hoping against all hope that heher in his bed just about asthere

The next reat deal more rested Much as she hated to adht about the lack of sleep catching up to her But then when she got Ruby out of her crib and was changing her diaper, the first wave of nausea hit her

“Goodness,” she said as she folded and bagged the offending diaper “Welady”

The second wave hit when she was preparing Ruby’s breakfast cereal and stewed fruit—and with it ca sense of dread She was no idiot She knehat her physical symptoms could mean She hadn’t been fully protected the first tih she’d -after tablets, she’d been counseled that they were not always 100 percent effective

“And ain’t that the truth?” she muttered under her breath as she willed her stomach under control