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As I escort her inside, my hand goes to the small of her back. I want to stroke her skin through the fabric of her blouse, circle my fingers at the base of her spine. If I follow those impulses, I’ll probably get us thrown out of here, because once I give in to the craving to possess her I won’t want tostop.
The view out the window is of the furniture store across the street having a clearance sale. I ask for a table in the corner, away from prying eyes. We’re not invisible, but we might get through lunch without being interrupted by hordes of nosy Adamos.
Once we’ve ordered, I straitjacket my brain into date mode. “Tell me about your father.”
Jade lights up, and I’m relieved that I didn’t distress her. “He joined the Army right out of high school. He did really well on their tests, so he got some kind of specialized training. Whatever they had him doing, he never talked about it much when we were growingup.
“He was still in when our mom left. I was five, Bree and Quinn were three. They had to give him an early discharge so he could come home and take care of us. An uncle of his had just passed, and left him the farm, so he went from being a soldier to a farmer overnight.”
“That must have been a real shock,” I say carefully.
“I’m sure it was, although we were too young to have any grasp of how it affected him. Dad was very grounded, you know? Not the type to navel gaze or ponder what it was all about; he just got on with things, and did what needed doing.
“He must have loved her, but he didn’t try to drown his sorrows or pass us off to someone else. We never had the slightest sense, growing up, that he was anything but proud to be our father. Now that he’s gone, I can’t help thinking about what he gaveup.”
“What do youmean?”
“He put everything on hold for us. His career, his personal life, all of it. And never once complained.” She swallows and blinks her eyes rapidly a few times.
“I miss him every day.” Her voice is ragged. “But even more than that, I wish that he’d had more time. That he could have gotten back to living his own life, and spent the next several decades doing whatever made him happy.”
I reach out and take her hand. “It sounds like you three made him happy.”
Jade gives me a watery smile. “We did; he was an amazing dad. But he had a lot of other talents, too. What would he have done, given the chance?”
There’s no answer to that. I give her hand a squeeze and let her go just as our meals arrive. I’m having the French dip, and Jade the clam chowder. It’s a pleasure to watch her enjoy her food, not pick atit.
Every time her tongue caresses her spoon, my dick responds. “Mmm,” she says after a few bites. “Delicious. I’m going to have to try to recreate this recipe.”
She closes her eyes, licking a tiny dot of soup off her lips. I have to adjust myself under the table. When she opens them again, she sees the look on my face and her warm, womanly smile comes back. “Maybe we should get the rest of this togo.”
It sounds like a great idea to me, but I know I’m thinking with my cock. “Are yousure?”
She reaches out, and her fingers rub lightly over the back of my hand. “Uh-huh.”
I signal the waiter with more haste than grace. Time for the main event.
