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“I’m gonna go do a few things before I sleep.” Grady sat on the side of the bed and kissed her forehead.
“Wait. You’re not staying?” she asked.
“Not tonight, sweetheart. You have time with Steele.” He walked out of the room and she tried to stifle her stab of disappointment. She really did. But it sliced into her, thick and hard, settling in her stomach.
“Remember, baby. Watch for the signs.”
Well, all signs pointed to the fact that Grady didn’t want to sleep with her.
“This is about him. Not you. He never sleeps in the bed with me when . . . well, you know when.”
When other women slept with them.
“So I’m just like those other women?” She grew tense.
“You wanting another spanking?”
“No!” she cried.
“Well, you’re about to get one if you don’t stop that. You know you’re not like those other women. You’re ours. Grady just has to wrap his head around what you need and how he wants to give that to you. He’ll come around. He’s not a snuggler. Never has been. But you need that, baby, he’ll give it to you. You just got to let him know.”
She could do that.
She hoped.
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Effie practically floated as she entered the kitchen. Or at least that’s what it felt like. Grady was already at the stove, yawning. Had he slept?
She felt weirdly shy. The two orgasms that Steele had given her this morning were now wearing off as she stood looking at the other half of her heart.
Because Effie was certain that she loved them. Both of them. There was no way she could imagine her life without them in it. She didn’t care if it was too soon or what people would say.
When you knew. You knew.
They were the one.
Well, the two.
Grady turned to her, eyeing her for a moment. “Come here, Effie.”
It wasn’t quite said in the same tone as Steele liked to use. But it was still a command.
“I don’t want a pity cuddle.”
His eyes flared, then his face hardened. He reached over to turn off the stove.
“Excuse me? Why would you think it would be a pity cuddle?”
“I’m sorry,” she blurted out. “I didn’t mean for that to come out just like that. What’s for breakfast?” She gave him her best smile.
Don’t rock the boat, Effie.
Be grateful for whatever anyone will give you.
“Your nan is talking to you in your head, isn’t she?” Grady asked.
“I . . . I . . .” She dropped her gaze away from him. She didn’t want to tell him. Didn’t know if she could make herself that vulnerable.
