make
him
understand
and
appreciate
the
difference
between
having
mind-blowing
sex
and
making
earth-
shattering,
soul-stirring,
deep-down-in-your-gut
love.
She
was
the
only
woman.
And
he
also
knew
that
she
was
the
only
woman
he
would
ever
love
and
that
he
still
loved
her.
Moments
later,
Dare
pulled
his
body
from
Shelly’s
and,
gathering
her
gently
into
his
arms,
walked
over
to
place
her
on
the
blanket.
He
stretched
out
on
his
side
facing
her
as
he
waited
for
the
air
to
return
back
to
his
lungs
and
the
blood
to
stop
rushing
fast
and
furious
through
his
veins.
“I
was
beginning
to
think
you
weren’t
coming,”
he
finally
said
some
time
later,
the
tone
of
his
voice
still
quivering
from
the
afterglow
of
what
they’d
just
shared.
He
couldn’t
help
touching
her
again,
so
he
slid
his
hand
across
her
stomach,
gently
stroking
her.
He
remembered
the
question
AJ
had
asked
him
about
wanting
other
children,
and
he
remembered
thinking
that
he’d
want
more
children
only
if
Shelly
were
their
mother.
He
wouldn’t
hesitate
putting
another
child
of
his
inside
her,
in
the
womb
he
knew
he
had
touched
tonight.
Not
only
had
he
touched
it,
he
had
branded
it
his.
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