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All because of this woman

He wanted her

At thethe way she made him feel seemed ridiculous

Which was, itself, crazy Even if he could convince Natalie they weren’t toying with insanity and risking their careers to spend the night together, even if he could convince her to say yes, hoould they react to each other on Monday?

Was it possible that if they had sex again it would da between them? That maybe they could move on and have a truly professional relationship?

Could he risk everything to find out?

Carrie was adjusting to Me near Matthew’s family No wonder, when he was such a screw-up stand-in parent and his family had stepped in and pulled the child into their fold His sister had wanted Carrie to spend the night with her two girls They’d been headed to a irls’ slu a blast with five-year-old Mandy and three-year-old Liz

Mattheanted to have the time of his life

With Natalie

What would one night hurt?

Perhaps sensing hilanced up fro a little leery, like she wasn’t sure if she was glad he was there or not Still, she oner

Perhaps he’d been a goner from the et her out of his brain since

Either way, he wanted her, knew she wanted him

He intended to have her