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“It all worked out in the end,” she said, looking into the other room where her husband sat on the floor, chatting and laughing with Lynx while he and Brian played with the two girls.
“Your children are lovely.”
Her cheeks pinkened, and she smiled. “Thank you. Eleanor is so much like Stephen. Elizabeth is more like me, and Brian has absolutely taken to being a big brother. I pity any boy who tries to date either of the girls once they’re old enough. Between their father and their brother, their dates will not stand a chance.” She smiled again and shook her head. “I’d best stop talking. This chicken isn’t going to cook itself.”
Part of me wished we’d ordered in, just so she would keep talking. I didn’t recall meeting another woman who put me so at ease.
“Let’s eat,”Nora shouted out to Stephen and Lynx as she directed me to the other side of the house where the dining room was located.
“Something smells appetizing,” Lynx whispered, coming up behind me, resting both hands on my waist, and practically burying his nose in my hair. “I know what I’d like for dessert.”
If he didn’t have his hands on my waist, I might’ve slid straight to the floor when my knees went weak. My eyes rolled back in my head as the memory of waking up with his head between my legs sent an electrical current ricocheting straight to my clit.
“Quit that,” murmured Stephen, bumping Lynx as he walked past us. “If you give Nora any ideas, before you know it, you’ll be babysitting the twins after dining alone.”
Nora came around the opposite side of me. “The men in their family claim God-like irresistibility,” she murmured.
“Try to tell me that isn’t the case,” said Stephen, kissing her neck.
I wiggled out of Lynx’s grasp when I saw Brian walk around us and take a seat at the table, seemingly ignoring the adults behaving like adolescents.
By the time we left,I felt as though I’d known both Stephen and Nora for years rather than just a couple of hours.
She and I agreed to meet for lunch in Boston one day the following week when Stephen was off-duty and before Brian’s school vacation ended.
“I knew you and Nora would hit it off,” Lynx said on the drive back.
“She’s great, and so is Stephen.”
“He and I haven’t spent much time together since we were kids, but when we’re together again, it’s like no time has passed at all.” He smiled at me. “Kind of like it is with you.”
Was it? The only thing between us had been sex. Mind-blowing, life-altering—for me anyway—hot-as-fuck sex. That had been it. There hadn’t been time for anything else.
“What’s troubling you? Headache?”
“No. I’m…fine.”
He laughed.
Before we left, Stephen asked several questions about how I was feeling, checked mylaceration, and told me he doubted I had a concussion. However, he did remind me what to be aware of in the event I began having symptoms. I’d thought we were alone until I looked over and saw Lynx standing in the doorway.
When our eyes met, I’d wondered what he was thinking. Stephen admitted he doubted I had a concussion, so there was no reason for him to babysit me for the next few hours. What would we do when he took me home? Would we say goodnight and go our separate ways?
“If it’s not a headache, tell me what is bothering you.”
It took me a long time to answer as I sorted through what I was feeling. Lynx reached over and brushed the side of my leg like he had earlier, but didn’t say a word.
“I got carried away,” I finally said.
“By?”
“Stephen and Nora were so welcoming, but I’m not sure meeting her next week is a good idea.”
“Hmm.” It was dark in the car, but I could see his eyes scrunch and his forehead furrow. “She’ll be disappointed.”
I doubted that. Someone like Nora would have countless friends. I was different. Work had become my bestie.
I thought about Tommy again. He was my friend and I missed him. He was out of town so often, that when he was home, I didn’t feel guilty about leaving the office earlier than I normally would when he invited me to join him for dinner.
