her mind a tangled mess as she str
had two
en about her condition and
sment, let go of her hesitation, an
e years they had been together, they had never once had a serious argument. If she explained e
s intimate as that needed to come from genui
ia finally made her choice. She would stop
er changing into a set of alluring lingerie, she picked u
e phone, deep and gentle. "Tomorrow's international meeting sta
suburbs, a spacious villa that k
e closer to work-a two-level un
moment before asking, "So
because of work, then she
. "Of course, I'm alone. What, are y
h, quickly covering her true th
-night meeting, showing up out of now
gerie, grabbed the meal she had carefully prepared, then picke
rived, it was alre
n they bought the place, so she entered
ed, the rich aroma of fo
his waist and a steaming dish in his hands. The scent alone
, caught completely
anyone that he was hopeless in the kitchen. He couldn't ev
instant he heard her voice. A flash of panic
trance, Olivia stood there in her long white
lightly, giving him a
y bit of his restraint. Back then, he would have walked straight over, w
at her the way he used to; his eyes carried only
ed on the food spread across the table.
eye contact, his gaze shifting aside. "
drew together as he querie
she had built up all the way here. Then she finally let the words she had practi
ped the coat from her shoulders, revealing t
before him struck like a sudden shock, lea
brows furrowed deeply, his expression turning
d it back toward her. "Put it back on. Go home. Throw that
ivia's lips slo
thought he might be stunned, tempted, maybe even
fused to b
rayden had avoided be
decision. No matter what it took
't wait an
chest, Olivia reached out, took his hand,
"We've been married for a year. You've never even to
r eyes filled with vulnerabil
in her grasp, she felt h
r skin, a voice suddenly floated down from the s
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