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“I know, butI need you to be you My session with Dr Carr this weekwith us first started, she’d asked me to think about what I was afraid of You’ve pushed my boundaries It made me uncomfortable and scared I was mad at you a lot You pushed, and that scared me”

“Baby, I’m sorry That’s what I’m—”

“Let me finish”

I made the zipped lips motion with my hands Shehold of my hand

“This week that question ca you and everyone see how ht about it more sinceagain, mostly” She paused, looked down out our hands, then back up at me “For obvious reasons, I didn’t want to deal But you were right I a I need you to keep pushing”

I wanted to interrupt and protest what she was asking of me, but I held my piece to let her finish

She smiled as if she knehat I wanted to say “I freaked out, I know, and I can’t proain But I need you You started me down this path Don’t abandon me now”

I brought her hand to my lips “You’re full of surprises”

“I have to keep you on your toes somehow”

I reached up to cup her face, and pulled her toward ain

Chapter 45

Calida

Malcolht, so I stood in theit all in This house really was perfect I sht of the un scattered about

Chuckling to myself, I started to pick up the items For a man that spent as much as he did on clothes and shoes, he didn’t see them when at houtter where he was concerned

After putting his clothes in the ha but stopped I quickly stripped down to nothing then slipped under the covers, pulling them to my neck