D’s look turned from cold to deadly. “If you think you can mock me here…” “I’m not mocking you, Jesus Christ!” “Go to hell!” “Well, yeah… maybe I’ll do that later,” he said, realizing too late that now he was really mocking her. Sucking in a sharp breath, she raised her free hand out of the wate
“I actually thought I had made that pretty clear,” he said, not letting her out of his sight. “Why I came back, I mean... But if you need some additional clarification, it’s been the best thing I’ve done in ages. So there!” He could see her swallow. Then she shook her head and finally raised her ey
“Let’s just say that I, for my part, have been pretty careful with protection, okay? And I know as a fact that I wasn’t the only one… sleeping with her.” He saw D cringe, her hand clamping tighter around the handrail, as he said it, but he really couldn’t help her there. She had pushed for it and he
And then, before D could even think about trying to pull away, he had placed his braced hand against her back and moved all the way up to her. Then, without waiting for any form of go-ahead or approval, he gently pulled her against himself. D gasped. She was well-aware that she should put up at lea
Her throat suddenly feeling tight, she raised her eyes to his face. And the way he glanced to the side just as her eyes were about to meet his, somehow confirmed it. Her hand was trembling a bit when she reached out and gingerly placed each of her fingers on one of the bruises, only her thumb being
“I don’t know…” He laughed. “Don’t worry, I’ll be good! Top secret! And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the two of us coincidently sitting in the same hot tub, just as long as we’re far enough apart and you give me a mean look, which shouldn’t be a problem…” “I’ll think about it,” she said i
For dinner they took a nice twenty minute walk along the lake into one of the little towns. Rick had reserved a table in an Italian restaurant. They had met downstairs in the lobby, and everyone had been quite excited to see that Joe was back. Looking a bit uncomfortable, Joe had issued a quick s
“Poor Gerry,” Anja said and rubbed her hand over his belly. “Yeah, poor me! Thank God I have a wife now that eats most of her food herself.” “Oh, was that a requirement?” Anja teased. “Of course!” Gerry went on telling some other stories about growing up with his two older sisters. Kim held aga