“Well, we must have some distraction in the meantime.” She perked. “I know. Let’s list naughty-sounding mathematical terms.” In her most tarty, breathy voice, she whispered, “Parabola.” After a pause, his fingers squeezed hers. “Tessellation.” “Binomial.” “Why stop there? Trinomial.” “Now that’s just wicked.” “That’s nothing. I’ve been saving this one.” He leaned close to whisper in her ear. “Annulus.” Laughing, she crawled into his lap. “Oh, Colin. This is why I love you.” His hands went to her waist. “For God’s sake. Because my adolescent mind always wandered to ribald places when I should
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