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CHAPTER 41
Was this how it was going to be? Would they occupy the same house, share rooms, breathe the same air, maybe have periodic sex, but live the lives of quiet desperation? Those questions were like knives cutting her flesh.
Raising her head from the sink after washing her face with cold water, Stephanie started long and hard at her reflection in the mirror. It was a disheartening sight. Having silently cried most of the night, her eyes were puffy and red. What else was new? This was her routine lately: crying by night and covering the puffiness by day.
So, she started to undo the damage. Luckily Shawn's assistant, the ever-irritating Amanda, wasn’t at the office yet, so Stephanie had plenty of time to make herself look presentable again. This was her workplace, the only place
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“Ah, there you are!” Billy exclaimed rather irritated once he got out of the elevator. “Come into my office right now! We need to talk and we need to do it now!” Stephanie did exactly what her boss told her to do. She stopped in front of his desk and waited for Billy to look at her. Why was he so upset? What happened to him on his way to the office?“I thought I told you to wait for me…” he said, crossing his hands on his chest and looking at her harshly. But the moment he looked her in the eyes, Billy stopped abruptly.“What happened to you? Why are your eyes so red and puffy? Have you been crying?”“Nothing happened, I’m perfectly fine. In the cab, I rolled down the window a little bit and the wind got to me,” she replied softly. “Forgive me if I didn’t w
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Billy slipped his arms around Stephanie’s waist and drew her up against him as he angled his head to one side and deepened the kiss. Stephanie heard a deafening sound that made her ears rang. It was the pounding of her own heart. She had never heard it before, yet she recognized it immediately. A tide of heat rivered through her body, gathering and almost exploding between her thighs. Billy tasted her again and again, sending his tongue deep into her mouth for samples. When they had to either breathe or die, he buried his face in her neck, kissing it madly. He worked his way to her ear. Stephanie felt the warm, damp stroke of his tongue and gave a soft cry. Her knees buckled and she stumbled backward onto the couch. Billy followed Stephanie down, partially covering her body with his.&nbs
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