Chapter 28

With neither of us willing to be the one to end our bliss, we’d continued to make love until we were actually raw from the deed. It took Nora knocking on the door and asking if we were alright because we’d been gone for hours for us to part ways to resume life as normally as possible.

The room was so filled with silence while we quickly dressed that I was certain a pin could be heard dropping on the thick carpet. When he stepped up behind me and wrapped me in an embrace that was filled with love and emotion, I finally broke it.

“I don’t know if I can be near you without wanting you now,” I confessed.

Resting his chin on my head, he said, “I did nay expect to bond with you.  It will be difficult to stay away now.”

“We bonded?” I said with surprise.

“Indeed,” he replied.  “It was unexpected.”

“What does that mean?” I asked with concern. After al