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“No.” She laughs wetly against my neck. “Just habit.”
“Maybe time for a new habit.” I gently urge her up. “Come lie down with me.”
“K.” When Dee attempts to walk, her balance is slightly off. I catch her around the waist and lift her into my arms.
“Mick.”
“Just go with it.” I brush my lips across hers and carry her to the bed.
Faded sunlight filters through the curtains, the weak remnants of an early autumn evening. I ease her onto her feet beside the mattress. She looks at me with big, tear-dampened eyes that are hauntingly beautiful.
I untie her belt and feel her nervous energy as I slide the robe off her shoulders. She dutifully shrugs out of the sleeves. Her pink panties are sheer except for the triangle, whereas the bra is translucent and does nothing to cover her magnificent breasts. My intention isn’t to seduce, but I can’t help but appreciate the sensual picture she makes. I drop the robe onto the bed and fold back the comforter. Dee crawls beneath it.
I quickly strip off my own clothes down to my boxer briefs and climb in, pulling her to me.
She lies across my torso, her cheek on my chest. I fold my arms around her. “Cold?”
“Uh-uh.” She wedges her chilly feet between my calves to siphon off my heat. “You’re nice and warm.”
I kiss the top of her head. “Talk to me.”
“About what?”
“About whatever you’re feeling.”
I hear Dee’s conflicted breath. Opening herself up, letting the pain out, doesn’t come easy for her.
“Have you been around babies much?” I prompt.
“Not really.”
“You were a natural.”
“Was I?”
“Yeah, you were.” I raise Dee’s hand to my mouth and kiss the pads of her fingers.
“His skin was hot.”
“Babies retain more heat than we do.”
“He was so soft.”
“Mm-hmm.” My lips move across her palm.
“While I held him, I wondered…” She pauses.
“What?”
“I wondered what our baby would have looked like.”
“I wondered that too. What did you imagine?”
“Dark hair for sure.”
“And brown eyes. Maybe more golden like yours.”
“It was…” She pauses again for a pained swallow. “Our baby was a girl.”
