Continuing with SO WONDERFUL AS WANT Ch. 13, Ex. 6 Likes, comments, shares appreciated. All links to purchase are on my website, joycedebacco She glanced at his shadowy profile next to her, not surprised to find his eyes open. In recent weeks, his wakefulness often extended into the wee hours of the morning. She knew this because she, too, had spent many hours awake. Suddenly, quite unexpectedly, she felt a great wealth of feeling for the man beside her whose only offense was loving her. Feigning sleep, she rolled towards him. Her breast brushed his arm, and he moved away. Her bare leg touched his, and he stiffened. She flung her arm across his chest, and seconds later, he covered it with his. Not wanting to, she knew, but compelled to. “Are you sleeping?” he whispered. She hesitated before answering. “No.” He pulled away. “Then don’t.” His tone was a warning as well as a plea. Needing to settle a vague disquietude within her, she reached out again. Again he turned her away. She urged his cheek to the pillow and touched her lips to his. He inhaled sharply but did not return the kiss. She kissed him again, harder, her body tingling with a strange excitement. And though he tried to resist, tried to push out of her embrace, in the end he surrendered, abandoning pride with a long, low moan. * * * Waking early, Dinah gazed at the sleeping man beside her, so like their son she almost brushed his tousled hair from his forehead to leave a kiss. Realizing such a gesture would only mock the genuine love he felt for her, she rose and went about her morning routine, thinking at every step that this was the last time she’d fix coffee in this house, the last time she’d set this table, feed this dog. After breakfast, Zach kissed the children goodbye, looked questioningly at her, then left a light kiss on her cheek as well. And as he walked to the door, she silently counted his steps. Five. Five steps and he was gone. She heard his car start, stall, start again. She heard the clunk as it shifted gears, the chugging as it picked up speed. Then she heard only the sound of her own rapid breathing. Links to all bookstores on my website, joycedebacco
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