Book Four: Chapter 154

When Mike sighed, Lily scooted close to him and wrapped her arms around his chest. Her hands hovered just over his pecs, and she squeezed him through his shirt.

“Penny for your thoughts, Romeo.”

“Just feel stretched thin is all. Once Cecilia is back, I’m hoping things settle down for a bit before the next crisis hits. Wouldn’t mind a small vacation or something.”

Her grip loosened. “What, you mean away from the house?”

He chuckled. “Well, we both know I can’t really leave the house. Not in a traditional sense, anyway. Don’t feel like being hunted down by whoever is mad at me that week.”

“I could give you more time in the Dreamscape,” she purred, then pulled herself against him. He could feel her breasts squished against his shoulder blades. “You just have to ask.”

He smiled and put his hands over hers. “That sounds wonderful, but I mean out here, in the real world. Maybe somewhere that isn’t a beach, someplace I could go with some of the others. T