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Abigail grins, shifts her arms around my neck, and kisses me again, her nose pressed hard into my cheek bone.

I hold her by the waist, press her against me.“Is that a yes, then?You’ll stay here?”

“If you want me to stay here, I’ll stay here.”

“I want you to do what you want to do.”

Abigail nuzzles my nose.“I want to be as close to you as possible, Theo.”

The past two months rush over me.That first, crushing kiss at the club.The night that followed in my bed that made me feel not so alone for the first time in years.Every encounter after, sneaking around, stealing kisses, the guilt, the shame, the inability to stop.

And now we’re here.

“Two months,” she reminds me, grinding my fantasy to a halt.“We can do it, can’t we?”

What if I want more than two months?What if I want forever?

I can’t ask that, can’t get her hopes up.But maybe, just maybe, we can figure out a way to keep her here in New York.So that she can stay.

So that we canbe.

“Yes, two months.I’ll make these the best two months of your life, Abigail Lyons.”

She smiles, hums.“Now…can I come in?”

I laugh, tipping backward and lifting her off the floor.All the suffering of this morning is far away.For now, Abigail and I can be in our own little world.With Bonnie.The rest will come later.Be solved…maybe eventually.

“Yes, my darling, you can come inside.”

I kiss her cheek, then open the door for her.“Bonnie!”I call out.“Someone’s here to see you.”

Abigail gives my hand a passing squeeze before Bonnie rushes up the hallway and into her arms.

Yes, I’m going to need to figure out a way to have forever for me and Abigail as fast as I can.I cannot losethis.

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ABIGAIL

I dragmy lips up Theo’s perspiring neck.His chest rises up and down, heavy as he tries to catch his breath.

“You should go,” I whisper.

His arm tightens around me.“Five more minutes.”

I laugh.“You said you had a meeting at two.”

“And I’ll make them wait if I must,” Theo mutters in return.

We lay there, midday sun sliding through the curtains.

It is not a rare occurrence for Theo to come back to the apartment in the middle of the workday so we can meet up for a quickie or a release of sorts.That way, we can let everything loose, rather than sneaking around in the night, trying to stay as quiet as possible.

That’s a game in and of itself, of course.But there’s nothing like Theo demanding to hear me let everything go as I tip over the edge again and again and again thanks to his mouth, fingers, cock, or the small toy collection we’ve amassed.

We’ve been playing house for a month as if the rest of the world does not exist.

During the weekdays, Theo goes to the office, and Bonnie goes to school.I spend my time playing happy homemaker which I enjoy more than I thought I would.

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