eyes. "Could we save this?
Put it in the oven on low or something?"
"Sure. Not hungry after the pie?"
"Not hungry in general lately."
"What do you want Jason?" Holly asked intently.
"How can I help?"
"What I want is to lie down with you and lose myself
for a while in your body. Just leave the world behind."
She gave him a serious look. "Then that's what we'll
do." She stood up, put the plates into the oven and then walked around the
table to him and held out a hand. He took it and stood and walked with her to
the bedroom. She undressed him and then herself and they lay down on the bed.
She turned to him and said, "No pressure, no work, no people, just us,
just our bodies, just feel." She began to kiss her way down his body and
felt him relax against her until she created a different kind of tension in
him.
They made love slowly at first and later with an intense
passion. When he finally rested against her, she felt like he was a whole man
again, instead of the broken man who'd come through her door that night.
In the morning she was awake before him, but he found her in
the shower and joined her there. Morning shower sex woke them both up fully and
Holly headed for the kitchen dressed in her silky robe with a smile on her
face. She was drinking coffee when he walked in, barefoot and wearing his usual
casual attire of jeans and a black t-shirt. He looked sexy as hell, she
thought, and sighed.
"What was that sigh about," he asked, getting a
cup of coffee for himself.
"You," she said. "You look so damn sexy in
the morning. The barefoot and jeans thing is working for you."
He gave a chuckle. "I seem to have forgotten to bring
shoes over here when I brought the clothes."
"Ah, I see. Did you have any plans for today?"
He frowned. "No, my schedule has become very clear."
"Then I have an idea. But first, are you ready for
breakfast?"
"What do you have to eat?"
"I was going to put a frittata in the oven if that
sounds good."
"Sure. Now what is your idea?"
She began pulling ingredients from the stainless steel
refrigerator. "Well, I was thinking we should go to Sully Point for the
weekend. And if you want, we could take Gloria with us. Show her the town. Or
not, that's up to you."
"I don't think I'm up for showing Gloria around, plus
we need to give her at least a day's warning before we take her down there. But
us--yeah, we could go down there. I'm in the mood to get out of town, that's
for sure."
She beamed at him. "Perfect." Within a few
minutes, the frittata was cooking and she'd mixed up some blueberry muffins and
put them in the oven.
"This is good, our going today. It will give you
another look at the land if you want and--"
"Hold on, are you talking about the project?"
"Yes."
"I don't think you should assume that your family is
still going to want me to design it for them."
"I'm not assuming anything. They've stayed updated on
this whole mess through Maggie--remember she's Sam's sister? And they aren't
idiots. Nothing has changed their minds about you being involved."
"Maybe something should have changed their minds."
"What are you talking about?"
"Holly, I'm the one who hired and trusted the bastard
who took the bribe. What does that say about my judgment?"
She had her hands on her hips and stood looking at him for a
minute. "What it says about you is that you're human. You can't know
everything about a person. What my family sees is how you came forward so
quickly upon finding out about the problem. How up front you've been. You are a
man of integrity, Jason."
He busied himself making another cup of coffee. Turning around
abruptly to face her he said, "I don't know how to deal with this--this
attack on my work. My work is who I am. I've poured my life into it for years
now. I don't know how to fight the bastards that are doing this."
"Time will help. And getting involved in a project that
is outside the city might be a very good thing right now."
"Isn't that the same as running away?"
"More like
Put it in the oven on low or something?"
"Sure. Not hungry after the pie?"
"Not hungry in general lately."
"What do you want Jason?" Holly asked intently.
"How can I help?"
"What I want is to lie down with you and lose myself
for a while in your body. Just leave the world behind."
She gave him a serious look. "Then that's what we'll
do." She stood up, put the plates into the oven and then walked around the
table to him and held out a hand. He took it and stood and walked with her to
the bedroom. She undressed him and then herself and they lay down on the bed.
She turned to him and said, "No pressure, no work, no people, just us,
just our bodies, just feel." She began to kiss her way down his body and
felt him relax against her until she created a different kind of tension in
him.
They made love slowly at first and later with an intense
passion. When he finally rested against her, she felt like he was a whole man
again, instead of the broken man who'd come through her door that night.
In the morning she was awake before him, but he found her in
the shower and joined her there. Morning shower sex woke them both up fully and
Holly headed for the kitchen dressed in her silky robe with a smile on her
face. She was drinking coffee when he walked in, barefoot and wearing his usual
casual attire of jeans and a black t-shirt. He looked sexy as hell, she
thought, and sighed.
"What was that sigh about," he asked, getting a
cup of coffee for himself.
"You," she said. "You look so damn sexy in
the morning. The barefoot and jeans thing is working for you."
He gave a chuckle. "I seem to have forgotten to bring
shoes over here when I brought the clothes."
"Ah, I see. Did you have any plans for today?"
He frowned. "No, my schedule has become very clear."
"Then I have an idea. But first, are you ready for
breakfast?"
"What do you have to eat?"
"I was going to put a frittata in the oven if that
sounds good."
"Sure. Now what is your idea?"
She began pulling ingredients from the stainless steel
refrigerator. "Well, I was thinking we should go to Sully Point for the
weekend. And if you want, we could take Gloria with us. Show her the town. Or
not, that's up to you."
"I don't think I'm up for showing Gloria around, plus
we need to give her at least a day's warning before we take her down there. But
us--yeah, we could go down there. I'm in the mood to get out of town, that's
for sure."
She beamed at him. "Perfect." Within a few
minutes, the frittata was cooking and she'd mixed up some blueberry muffins and
put them in the oven.
"This is good, our going today. It will give you
another look at the land if you want and--"
"Hold on, are you talking about the project?"
"Yes."
"I don't think you should assume that your family is
still going to want me to design it for them."
"I'm not assuming anything. They've stayed updated on
this whole mess through Maggie--remember she's Sam's sister? And they aren't
idiots. Nothing has changed their minds about you being involved."
"Maybe something should have changed their minds."
"What are you talking about?"
"Holly, I'm the one who hired and trusted the bastard
who took the bribe. What does that say about my judgment?"
She had her hands on her hips and stood looking at him for a
minute. "What it says about you is that you're human. You can't know
everything about a person. What my family sees is how you came forward so
quickly upon finding out about the problem. How up front you've been. You are a
man of integrity, Jason."
He busied himself making another cup of coffee. Turning around
abruptly to face her he said, "I don't know how to deal with this--this
attack on my work. My work is who I am. I've poured my life into it for years
now. I don't know how to fight the bastards that are doing this."
"Time will help. And getting involved in a project that
is outside the city might be a very good thing right now."
"Isn't that the same as running away?"
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