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His dark eyes flared “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing—I…made a mistake I should have never asked you to leave the house” She flung herself into his arms

“Hey! I’m all sweaty!”

“I don’t care”

He brought up his hand to cup her head “Baby, tell ”

“I told you I made a mistake We have problems, yes, but we can’t fix them if we’re apart”

“You’re daht about that” His voice, so low and close to her ear, made her shiver Another instinct, this one far from maternal, took over

He went to kiss her She’d coht now she needed him in that most primal way that a woman needed her man She shoved him toward the bedroo to pull off her clothes

He looked surprised, then he laughed “I’ue”

It had been a long time since she and Zeke had had shower sex But it was like the old bicycle adage Once you got the hang of it (and they’d gotten the hang of it a long tiot the basic mechanics

The shoas a crah to hold Zeke, let alone the two of them The water, too cool at first, then almost too warm for comfort, rained down their bodies Zeke picked her up and positioned her so that her back was flush to the shoall Her skin felt hot and prickly against the fiberglass but she didn’t care Mis around his waist and kissed hi about hi She wanted him now This instant More than she’d ever wanted him before

It wasn’t supposed to be like this after eighteen years Was it?

Shouldn’t they have settled into a comfortable routine by now? Co that chocolate tasted just okay and that you could live with or without it

But she could never live without this Not as long as she and Zeke were still breathing

“Hang on,” he rasped He repositioned her so that she could feel his erection nudging his way inside Slowly Too slowly Her breasts rubbed against his chest He bent and took one nipple into hisher jump