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“I want to feel you inside me,” she said

He slipped in, and for the first few seconds, they didn’t hed, and her head fell back “Just do it,” she said

He beganin deeper and deeper, and it was one of those tias out freely, a

nd he started to come himself, and when they were finished, fifteen minutes later, they looked at each other in awe “That was a,” he said

She wriggled out fro back at hi her head on his chest “Nohat?”

“I don’t know,” he said

“Maybe we shouldn’t have done it”

“Why?” he asked “Are you going to run away again?”

He got up and went into the bathroo up She followed hi her ar to do?”

“I don’t know”

“You want to eat?”

“Yes,” he said gratefully

“Good I’ve been dying to tell you about our new director He doesn’t speak Only uses hand osi”

Philip opened a bottle of Shiraz, and seated hi her while he sipped the wine Once again, he was overwhelmed by a deep sense of contentment that seemed to make time stand still There was only him and her in this kitchen at this ht, and he alould be Heto tell Lola it’s over,” he said

The ballet didn’t end until after eleven, so Lola and Enid got back to One Fifth close to ed, despite her insistence on leaning on Lola for physical support Halfway through the ballet, she’d asked Lola to take charge of her handbag, claih at least five pounds—and Lola was forced to spend the rest of the evening fishing out Enid’s reading glasses, lipstick, and powder The third time Enid asked for her co it on purpose to try to irritate her Why else would the old wo up her makeup?