Marriage of Convenience

Epilogue

It was Mary's evening off, Freya remembered as she and Theo entered the empty house later that evening, hand in hand. He turned her, catching her in his arms, and she murmured, 'You know, I think I'm hungry. Just let me shower, then I'll fix us something to eat.'

'You shower.' She felt him smile against her lips. 'I'll bring something up to the bedroom to appease your appetite.'

And so he did; himself, champagne and two glasses, which was perfect, and Freya, already lying down against the satin-covered pillows, fresh from her shower and relaxed, 'Lovely, I'm starving!' and saw his eyes darken with desire, soften with something that came near to adoration.

he turned away, telling her as he stripped off his T-shirt, 'I'll be two minutes under that shower, no more. By the time you've poured the champagne, I'll be back.'

And he said, over the noise of the water, 'We'll buy the house, shall we? I've taken a fancy to it. You could say it's where I found you

.' She didn't answer, he wouldn't have heard her if she had. In any case, she didn't need to. They wanted the same things, always would, and they both knew it, now.

And when he came back, the bronze of his skin glistening with a thousand tiny drops of water, she felt the familiar yet devastating kick of desire in her and closed her eyes. Suddenly, stupidly, she felt shy, like a new bride, as if their loving would be for the first time.

'Kate said,' she uttered thickly, sensing him close, standing over her as she lay back amongst the pillows, 'that you and I didn't have enough courage between us to figure our way from A to B in the world of the emotions. I think she could have been right.'

'So do I.' His voice was very near now, his clean breath fanning her cheek, and as the mattress depressed beneath his weight and his knowing hands began to remove the silken barrier, working their indescribable magic, he murmured throatily, 'It's a problem we're both going to apply our minds to, aren't we, my darling love? Not to mention our bodies, of course. We'll learn our way from ' A to B together and far, far beyond. You and I, my love,' his voice deepened, 'are going to be an unbeatable combination.'

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