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I say, except now I’m suddenly wondering what our children would look like, and I’ve never wanted children, never ever, no, sir. But damn. Zenny and I would make cute babies. And I can picture her belly swollen and tight with my child, picture her sitting in a glider in some quiet room, nursing our baby while I sat by her feet and stared up at her adoringly. Happiness. That’s the feeling unfurling in my chest right now, fragile and easily blown apart, and the sensation of it is so strang...
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“I was only joking about the children, Sean...
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“I—”
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“In f...
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she continues, oblivious to my fantasy and the unfamiliar excitemen...
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“I’m surprised you didn’t give me some speech about how I can’t fall in love wit...
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“I don’t think that will be a prob...
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I murmur, kissing her knuckles again so that she can’t see my face. I hadn’t forgotten about the possibility of emotional entanglement—in fact, almost every other book in the Wakefield Saga had a speech to that effect in there somewhere whenever the characters first get together. I’ll pretend to court you for a season, but we mustn’t fall in love, or since I’m a widow, I can teach you how to please a future wife in bed, but of course it will end between us the moment you get engaged. That sort of thing. But I don’t need it with Zenny. The way she talks, the way she lives her life—I’m never
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I was very busy staring at the little creases in her lips as she put them together to blow, and it takes me a minute to answer.
she takes a bite, and I watch the slow slide of the fork’s tines between her lips, the flutter of her eyelashes as she savors the food.
knowing distantly that I should stop watching her so intently, but damn, the girl’s fucking gorgeous. I think I could happily sit and watch her balance a checkbook or browse through Consumer Reports; she’s that arresting to watch. And she’s right. The air between us feels good. Clear and charged with all the right charges.
“This boss...
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“...
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“So far I’m not all that impressed by it.”
“Is that a challenge?”
“Ma...
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“I haven’t start...
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“It’s not one of my finer traits, Zenny. But it’s hard for me to turn...
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“—people I care about,”
“People you care about.”
“My brothers. My ...
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“My sister, when she was alive…much good th...
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watching how the city lights sparkle in her eyes.
“We’re friends.”
She b...
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“Good. Then that means it should be easy for you to be bossy. We’re friends and you’re going to fuck me, and that’s b...
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the surge of fierce pleasure at the thought of Zenny being my girlfriend, being mine,...
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“I want to feel what a woman of yours would really feel.”
“I’ve never had a woman I called my own,”
I say s...
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“You’re the ...
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“Rea...
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She tries to hide her smi...
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“A lot of things are new with you, Zenny....
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And I mean it. I may have done almost everything there is to do in bed, but I’ve never done those things with a woman I really cared ab...
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“Seriously, Sean. I’m starting to think you were bluffing.”
“I don’t bluff, sweetheart. It’s why I’m so good at business.”
“To start, I want you to finish what’s on your plate.”
Zenny’s eyebrows furrow, and I can tell she wasn’t expecting me to say something so ordinary.
“Eat your dinner, Zenny. I won’t tel...
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Eyes narrowing, Zenny picks up her fork and...
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“You want to call me an as...
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She swallows ...
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“Not ...
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I s...
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“Good. Take off you...
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Her fork clatters to ...
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“W...
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“You hear...
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