Truly Married (30 page)

She turned on her side and finished unbuttoning his shirt while he nearly sent her into orbit by caressing her bare thigh and buttocks. She was glad that her legs were tanned and smooth enough that she hadn’t felt the need to wear panty hose.

When she finished with his shirt she unbuckled his belt and unbuttoned the waistband of his trousers. Now he was the one doing the writhing, as she skimmed her hand over the bulge beneath his fly, then pulled down the zipper.

She reached for him again, but he clutched her hand and held it as he sat up. “Enough, you little devil,” he groaned as he stood and started to remove his clothes. “My self-control with you isn’t as strong as it used to be.”

“It never was very strong,” she said with a grin as she, also, stood and undressed herself.

They flung articles of clothing aimlessly and left them where they fell as they crawled back into bed. Unable to tolerate more foreplay, they joined their bodies in the rapture of a profound and enduring love, earthshaking in its intensity and infinite in its durability.

When it was over and they lay entwined in each other’s arms, Sharon silently vowed that never again would anything shake her faith in the depth of Fergus’s love for her. He’d demonstrated that love in so many ways, and she finally understood what he’d been trying to tell her.

All people were flawed and capable of hurting those they loved most, but the ones who were truly blessed could forgive, and then forget the transgression and work toward a better life.

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Truly Married

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