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Except, there wasn’t

Not when he was in a rush to take her back to bed, to make the most of the hours they had left because he had to be back in Dallas by tomorrow

Their eyes met

She said his name He opened his arms She went into them

“Sage,” he whispered, and she sighed as he lifted her and carried her back to the bedroom

He kissed his way down her body, pausing to savor the sweetness of her nipples, her navel, the softness between her thighs

“My turn,” she murmured

Her hands were cool, her mouth warm, her caresses at first cautious, even delicate, and he realized, on a rush of what he kneas foolish o, that she had never touched anotherhim

They kissed endlessly, loving the tastes and textures of each other’s lips and tongues until, suddenly, there was noaround hiry for the feel of him deep inside her

She wept, and cah cry of ecstasy

He followed seconds later, throwing his head back and calling out her naainst sweat-slicked skin

After a long, long time, he rolled to his side, stretched out beside her and laid his hand gently over her belly

He bent his head, pressed a kiss to where his child lay sleeping She cupped her hand around the back of his head and fell asleep

He was too busy thinking, planning,decisions

After a while,carefully so he wouldn’t wake her, Caleb rose, collected his clothes and went into the bathroom He showered, dressed, then called his pilot on his cell phone, telling him to have the jet ready within the hour