"That way either of us has to lie." She had heard every line and was even prepared to spend the night with the man whose opening line was prosaic and ...not as enigmatic as this.Collecting her thoughts, she said, "I take it you're looking for some anonymous sex. A quickie or an overnight, or maybe a slap in the face." When are you through working tonight. I'll meet you in the lobby, near the elevators." That's presumptuous of you. Too cheap to take a girl out to dinner."I'll let room service bring. “Being seniors is going to be a big deal, but with a little work I think we can both get into one of the better schools together. That would be great. Can you imagine it, living on our own in dorms where we can spend the night whenever we feel like it?”“Yeah, I can imagine it,” Grace replied with a feral grin all her own, “but I’m especially thinking of all the partying we can do next year. The pressure will be off of us at school, and we can kick back and have some fun,” she said with a smile. Under normal circumstances that would mean, going to the sixth form common room, dossing there while listening to music but the school head had imposed a ban during lesson time because the music was disturbing other students. Needless to say, nobody was happy about the situation but there was no way of fighting the ban and it was only a short-term punishment. So, following my Accounts lesson, I packed my bag and trudged slowly down the long wooden floored corridors towards the school. “I’m sorry,” he gasped. “I’m so sorry.”“It’s okay, baby,” she crooned into his face, leaning down to kiss him. “It’s okay. I love you. I’ll always love you. I won’t leave you. You’re my man.”Something deep in her mind resonated with her words, and she realized, for the first time since they were married, that she did love him. All the things that had happened had carried her to a place she’d never been before. Most of all, Jeff’s admissions ... the way he stripped everything away and laid his.