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Then he answered the bedroom door in his robe, closed the door, discarded it and served the between them

The past four days had been like nothing he’d ever experienced before A wos and desires

It was such a pleasurable arrangeo Except, then the woman wouldn’t have been Julia And he couldn’t find it in hi a woman other than Julia

But that was simply because she was his lover It was normal, he was sure, to possess a certain amount of fascination with her, to the exclusion of others He iined He had never had a lover before Julia

Her admission to him in his office, about her date, had made him feel protective of her in a way he’d never felt protective of anyone Had made him crave violence Had e

But then, the entire relationship was

“It’s a gorgeous night out” Julia climbed out of his bed and walked to the s that overlooked the ocean She was naked, and not at all e her self-consciousness fall away Now she seemed completely at ease with him, with or without clothes

“It is Do you like the stars?” He didn’t knohat had compelled him to ask Why he felt compelled to share this part of himself But he did Because he had never shared himself with anyone The people who had cared for him until he could care for himself were a blur There was no love or affection from them Only food and blankets, which, for a child on the street was enough

Then there were his clients Women who didn’t care for hi of hi at all

And Julia…wonderful Julia with her excitement for life, shared her smile with hi personal So real

“Sci-fi geek Love them”

“Yes, well, my love for them is not sci-fi related but, perhaps you’d like to come up to the roof and see my telescope anyway?”