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"Please shut up now" She’d shrugged out of her blouse, her bra "You’ve never seen anyone here?"

"Not once Uh, take off more clothes, please" He reached out and cupped her breasts in both hands, then leaned down and breathed on her nipples, and then kissed the her sorabbed his ears and pulled him to her mouth and kissed him with the intensity she’d felt, but tried to control, since he said, "Hero, hero" He didn’t know her, then, and he said that He knew the truth now, and he was still here

She had no idea that simple acceptance could ed to undress and help each other without once co hi on top of him She’d pushed hi doard the pond, but she didn’t care if he didn’t, and he didn’t seeotten the park entirely

Her knees were on either side of his hips and, while she steadied herself with one palth She squeezed gently and sroan, then lifted up just a bit and slooooowly lowered herself onto hi her eyes at the pure sweetness of it

"Oh, Christ"

Yes, those were her exact sentiet used to her, easing up and down, surprised and thrilled at how slippery she was, how slippery he wasyou want If you don’t stop Money, fur, jewels Fare juice A Starbucks franchise A gift card for Red Lobster Don’t stop"

She leaned down and kissed him "I have no need for caterpillars and I hate lobster," she whispered into his rip her ass "Uhyou can do that a lot harder"

So he clutched and kneaded her pale flesh until his knuckles whitened and the veins stood out on his neck, touching her with force that would have badly bruised anyone else, force thathim lose hiasm; it hit her with such rapidity that she was surprised

Still shuddering, she felt his warain

"Hailey," he ed after several minutes "I’m officially ruined for other women, forever"

"I should hope so" She licked the sweat from his collarbone

"Also, I fell in love with you after you abandoned ood"

"And onna pop off"

She pulled back and looked; he was quite red-faced "Oh, Linus! Your head was pointing down but I didn’t think you cared at the ti you know the situation My head can keep filling with blood until I burst soive a shit Won’t even feel it Won’t noticeaaahhhhh" She’d pulled hi position "So, this is what it’s like to not pass out"

She hugged hirinned at her "We’re gonna have fun, aren’t we?"

"For the rest of our lives," she promised, and carried him to the car

EPILOGUE

"Hi I’m Audrey the Receptionist"

He smiled First days were always the worst, but everyone had been pleasant so far With the econoood job with a good co quite a naood trick given Minnesota’s econo waves with its innovative benefits options, big nu done, take all the vacation time you want"§ No one in the business world was quite sure what had changed in the last several , he’d been anxious to join the tea director" The HR rep--who insisted on referring to herself as one of Hailey’s twisted iven hi hi: there was one in every co her hand

"Same Hailey’s on her way," Audrey the Receptionist told the minion Audrey was short, with ebony skin and a square-shaped face she elasses set in purple lenses Her handshake was quick and firets here Hailey’s our head of HRShe’s running a little late"

Gerry said graciously, "That’s how it goes sometioes with Hailey sometimes, and by sometimes I mean always, and every day is Monday and Four-ninety-four is continually awful Hey, Coot, what are you getting theettingman--as surely not a day over thirty--explained