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Before I could evenabout, he turned his back on me and continued with, "I don't have any excuse forwas so quiet and peaceful and you were so warm that I just, I just…”

I realized what he was talking about anddirectly behind hi my breath wash over the back of his neck

I swore that Jude seemed to lean back into uess"

I took another step forhich hadit when Jude see me better access to his skin

"Just forgot what?" I reraze his flesh

"I should have made sure you were okay with it first"

"Jude, sweetheart, are you under the illusion that I'm upset about what happened between us oke up?"

I kissed the spot where Jude's shoulder met his neck and then searched out his pulse point

Jude made a sound in the back of his throat, but I wasn't sure if he was trying to agree withto him

I moved my lips to the shell of his ear and said, "Do you have any idea what I would give to wake up everylike that? To wake up with you like that?"

I fully expected Jude to sink againstaway from me He turned around and looked at me like he didn't knoho I was

"You shouldn't say things like that," he said stiffly I could hear the hurt in his voice, but I had no clue what I could have said or done to cause it

"Jude—" I began, but he merely shook his head and then moved toward the bathroom

"I need to go ho hiuratively I heard the lock on the bathroo hi phone stopped me

"Falkov," I answered I listened as the officer on the other end of the phone spoke The guyme the weather report for all the concern he showed as he shared his findings withup the phone without another word