Chapter 63

Sara shivered slightly despite her big padded coat when they got outside. Simon called his driver, but she wasn’t shivering from the cold; it was a shiver of anticipation. Because ever since this morning, and her brief, excruciatingly naked declaration that it was OK to have sex, something heavy and tangible had been humming between them. Sara was confused as to how things were going to go in general with this relationship, but one thing she knew for sure was this: Simon's desire for her was finite, and soon—as soon as the pregnancy started to progress in earnest, she guessed—he’d be moving on. She just didn’t know where that would leave her. Oh, she wasn’t so silly to have fallen for him. Even now she could say with pride that she’d protected her heart. But…

“Here we go.”

Simon was helping Sara into the car, stopping her train of thought. And then, with him so close to her on the backseat, his fingers tangled in hers, she was finding it hard to think any more.

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