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Finally, after brushing her teeth, re routine, she e her clothes to her chest Jack was sitting on the edge of the bed in only his boxer briefs, thu on his phone Her eyes roa, muscular back, and she felt the momentary compulsion to run her hands over every chiseled feature It was alh to chase the exhaustion away

She yawned suddenly Almost

He turned back to her with a tired shty negligee, it didn’t show “Are you as beat as I am?”

She nodded “Beater”

“Come on I already brushedher heart jump into her throat as he slid into the bed and pulled back the sheet,for her to join hi the waves of heat fro ar her back to his front and nuzzling his face in her hair

She had expected to spend the rest of the night lying awake, too worried to fall asleep But as she lay there, she felt so she hadn’t expected Comfort Safety

Contentment

What happened to this arrangeht sleepily She couldn’t think of an answer, though, because before long she relaxed into him, her heartbeat slowed, and they both fell asleep

Chapter Five

Eva

Eva rolled over in bed, still unable to drag her eyes open She felt suddenly chilly

Great Was the heater in her apartain?

Pulling the covers up to her chin, she realized this wasn’t her worn flannel coh twelve years of Catholic boarding school As she stretched her toes, she heard the faucet for the shoist on in the bathroom

Jack

Eva blinked open her eyes to see the crownlight peeking through the sap in the drawn drapes Her stomach lurched as she reht her back here Soed to breach the Antonio Fiorini Fortress