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She smiled at Gracie. “Call me anytime. Imean that, okay?”

“Okay. I know you have Harper, but you cancall me too if you need me.”

“Thanks, sweetie. Love you!” Addison wavedand hit the end button.

Grace climbed off the bed and followed Tankdown the stairs. Although it had felt good to talk to Addie, to tell someone thatshe’d just discovered she was kinky, tension was easing its way back into herbelly. Gideon would be home soon, and she was dreading having to face him. Shedidn’t even know why the hell she was still here.

The smart thing to do would be to go to Addison’sbefore Gideon even got home. So why wasn’t she doing it?

Because you’re hoping that he’s changedhis mind. You’re hoping he’ll want to have sex with you again tonight.

She stepped into the backyard with Tank,watching as the big dog sniffed around the back fence. She didn’t want toadmit it but that was the exact reason she was still here.

She was an idiot.

Chapter Eighteen

“You’re still here.”

Gracie turned to face Gideon, her stomachdropping. “Should I go?”

“What? No,” Gideon patted Tank as the Daneleaned against him, “I just meant…”

“I can go.” She turned off the burner and movedthe pan of ground beef to the back of the stove. “I’ll need to text Daniel andget Addie’s spare apartment key from him, and I’ve still got a load of laundryin the washing machine but give me two hours and I’ll be gone.”

“No!’

Tank’s ears went down and he whimpered. Gideoncursed under his breath before patting Tank’s side. “Sorry, buddy. I didn’tmean to yell.”

He took a deep breath. “You don’t have toleave, Grace. That isn’t what I meant.”

“What did you mean then?” she said.

“It smells good in here. Are you makingtacos? Because I’m starving. Do I have time to have a quick shower beforedinner?”

“Um, yeah, there’s time.”

“Great. Be right back.”

He left the kitchen and Grace stared atTank. His tail wagged and he crossed the kitchen to sit with a heavy thud onher foot. She winced and pulled it free. “That was weird, right? Like, yousaw how weird Gideon was acting, didn’t you?”

“I’m not acting weird!” Gideon hollered fromthe hallway.

She listened to him stomp up the stairs andwaited until his bedroom door closed before saying, “He’s totally acting weird.”

Tank woofed and she petted his big head. “Iknow you’re only agreeing with me in the hopes of getting some taco meat, butit’s not happening, big guy.”

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Grace wiped away the fog on the bathroommirror and stared at her reflection. Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyeswere bright, and it wasn’t just from the heat of the shower.

I can’t believe you did that, Gracie.

There was a part of her that couldn’tbelieve it either. Masturbating in the shower while Gideon was downstairs feltboth naughty and a little pathetic. But, hell, could you blame her? The tensionbetween them tonight was so damn thick, she could barely eat her supper. Andfor all of Gideon’s ‘I’m hungry, I love tacos’ talk, he had barely touched his dinneras well.

They’d sat in the living room for a couplehours after dinner, watching TV and not talking. She’d sat at the far end ofthe couch and Tank had flopped down between them, but not even the distraction ofTank could stop her from fantasizing about dropping onto her knees in front ofGideon and sucking his cock again.

More heat invaded her body and she glanceddown at her crotch as her pussy throbbed pleasantly. Fuck. The orgasm she’djust given herself had barely eased her need. She should have given herself anotherone or two, but she’d already been in the shower too long. What if Gideon figuredout what she was doing in there?

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