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So sparkles in Do playfully “I think soasms”

I scoff, giving hito act as if he’s not theman I’ve ever met “I don’t like you at all”

“You like h there’s a thread ofunder it

I ignore hi at the blue water as I sip my wine

Doain, and I settle comfortably into the cushions We’re silent for a while as we just laze the time away in each other’s company

He doesn’t press the issue, and I’ from him to make me admit I do like him a hell of a lot more than I ever dreamed possible

And I’m just not ready to do that yet

At least not out loud, because that makes it far too real And when it becomes real, I’ll have to buckle down and make some firm choices about hoant to continue to lead as earth-shattering with Willow Each one feels like theme apart from the inside out

That the intensity of our loveether is a

My body collapses on top of hers, and I vaguely sense her unwinding her legs froather her infro her with me

I consider it a miraculous triumph that she now puts her arms around me in return because the Willow Monahan I first fucked had not been a cuddler by any les in close and presses her cheek tofor air after that workout

The grand plan I’d had to bring her to southern California for a mini-vacation hadn’t panned out like I’d envisioned I’d visualized dinners in fancy restaurants,in a few of LA’s finest clubs

Instead, we stayed at rilled out, walked on the beach, and spent lazy hours on the back patio While she read books, I worked onthe physical need we see It’s been a perfect four days

“Ready to get back to the stress of the playoffs to and crying out she’d just been doing

We’re flying to Phoenix in the aainst the LA Deames are in Phoenix The winner of this series will move on to the Cup championship