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Jude s himself he would have this woman, those lips on his body, his lips on her body

Sarah’s tune changed as they ate their dinner in the revolving restaurant She gushed over the view and talked a mile a minute as she often did in true New York style

“I do love a good view,” she praised “And it’s a good thing I’oing to fit into my new clothes”

Jude sat back and listened, thinking she had a long way to go before she wouldn’t fit into her clothes, but he appreciated the thought of her not wearing any

Sex would change everything If they’d had sex early on, Sarah wouldn’t have known the real hinized that she was special Neither would she have believed him if he’d tried to tell her

There had been too many women None of them mattered All had been a means to an end that hadn’t worked Because none of theed the past or filled the hole in his chest None of them had been Nina

He took the bite of dessert Sarah offered and was struck with a truth He didn’t want Sarah to be Nina

He wanted her to be Sarah

Which stunned him a little A lot

He didn’t need to go slow Not anymore Sarah knew hihter She liked hi at him as if he was the center of her world

Only her smile had twisted into a frown and she eyed hi attention to me?”

Staring into her eyes with a clarity he hadn’t felt in years, he said, “Absolutely”

Not convinced, she challenged, “What did I just say?”

“That you want to go home and make love to me and use lots of vivid adjectives to describe the experience when I’ve finished having you all the ways I’ve dreamed of”

Her jaw dropped “I didn’t say that”