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Sweeping sleeves that floated thanks to the chiffon, with a deep V that showed off my breasts, while it hugged my waist and hips before swirling down to the floor. It was a bright blue and was patterned with thousands of beads shaped into flowers.
I felt pretty, but when he looked at me like that, I felthot.
“Did I tell you that you look handsome?” I tacked on, taking him in in his casual suit and patting his lapels so I had the excuse to touch him.
He wore a navy one for once, no pinstripe, a white shirt that was open at the collar, and tan loafers. On his wrists, he wore the anniversary cufflinks I’d bought him last year.
Yum.
“You did.” He smiled as his finger continued tormenting me. “Later?”
The question made my heart stutter, and nerves hit me. Which was ridiculous. But the nerves were soon drowned out when his finger drifted between the deep V of my neckline.
It was an innocent caress, but so filthy.
Heart skipping another beat, I nodded and sighed when he pressed a kiss to my lips.
Just a simple one.
Then, he shifted when Jake started struggling to get down, and in my ear, whispered, “Today might be hard, sweetheart, but I’m here. Always. Okay?”
Nodding again, I whispered, “I know you are.”
And that was the truth.
I did.
He ran his nose along my temple, and though it shot shivers of sensation through me, I whispered, “Thank you for being patient with me.”
Tension hit him, and he pulled back, shaking his head. “I wasn’t being patient, sweetheart. I was grieving too.”
My mouth rounded at that, the simple honest statement.
“You didn’t want—”
“I always want you,” he said simply. “But I know I’m lucky to have you by my side. That you climb into bed with me. That you want me at all in your life.
“That’s been enough for me, and it would have been enough.” His gaze tangled with mine. “I saw that you wanted me back in the car though.”
“I always want you,” I said, using his words. “I’ve just been…” I tried to explain, and when I heard Jen squawk my name again, it forced me to speak when I might have stayed silent. “I felt like I was in hibernation.”
“I felt that way too.” He kissed my forehead. “But it’s sunny today, isn’t it?”
“It is,” I confirmed. Jen’s subsequent shriek had me grunting under my breath, and this time, I was the one who growled, “Later.”
He smiled, and I hurried away after I kissed a squirming Jake then snarled at Jen the second I was in the entryway, “You totally cockblocked me!”
She was standing at the top of the stairs, glowering down at me, but her mouth rounded in surprise at my snarl. “I did?”
I huffed as I rushed up the stairs. “Yes. You did.”
“But I thought you and Finn weren’t doing the nasty.”
“Well, we sure as hell weren’t doing it in the driveway,” I grumbled, “but, you know how it is.”
“In the air love is,” she intoned as if she were Yoda.
I snorted.
