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“Well, that’s not exactly the answer I was hoping for.”
“Jamie, we don’t even know that we will see each other again after the book is done. In fact, we probably will go our own separate ways. I can’t marry you. I’m sorry.”
Pain has replaced the heat in his eyes. He stands up and moves to the chair across from me, “Why is it always so easy for you to walk away?”
“Jamie.”
“Tell me Stella. Make me understand.”
“I’ve had a few long-term relationships if that’s what you want to call them. I’ve always found it easy to walk away. If it doesn’t work, I just move on.”
“I see.”
“It’s going to kill me to walk away from you, Jamie. I don’t see another alternative.”
“I’ll move to New York.”
“No, you hate it there. I don’t want you to be unhappy. I don’t want you to resent me.”
“So that’s just it?”
“Can we just enjoy the time we have together?”
“Yeah.”
“Let’s go inside. You must be starving.”
“I am.”
Jamie cooks dinner.
I watch him prepare the salmon. He slides it into the oven and I wonder if there’s anything he does that isn’t sexy. He puts two dinner plates on the counter.
“You’ve been gone a long time. Am I going to get food poisoning?”
“I had my housekeeper go shopping for us.”
“Oh.”
“Inside or outside?”
“What?”
“Do you want to eat inside or outside, baby?”
“Outside please.”
He brings our plates outside. He’s made a beautiful dinner. Salmon, asparagus, and rice.
We go sit at the table. He’s quiet. I know he’s thinking about the inevitable. I am too.
I grab his hand, “Stop.”
He looks over at me, “Sorry.”
I get up and walk over to him and swivel his chair away from the table and straddle him. I lick his top lip and he moans. I kiss him softly and feel his growing erection underneath me. I’m so in love with him and it hurts to know it’s almost over.
He slides his hands into my hair and kisses me back passionately, like my mouth is his air. How can I possibly be without him?
