It’s deep and fulfilling but different, very different.She changed too; changed her view of herself, wouldn’t dress up the same, saw herself diffe...rently, didn’t become immune to romance but laughed it off, made it seem less relevant and put herself down."Mutton dressed as lamb," she’d say. I hated that expression. I’d heard her mother say the same thing and those ideas are hard to shake. Two years and a hysterectomy after the last baby it all changed. Did the children feeding suck the magic out. ’ ‘I’m sorry Mike, I really didn’t know. I’ve read bits and pieces about your new career, but I didn’t know about the divorce.’ ‘Don’t be sorry, Sue. I’ve tried my best to keep all that baggage out of the press. It had been coming for quite a few years. I was just too blind, or ignorant, to see it coming. It’s been several months, and I’ve finally started putting the pieces of my life back together.’ ‘To change the subject, how do you like Washington, Mike?’ ‘Can’t complain, Sue. The. ’ He stepped back, and threw his hands up. ‘I’m not planning to do anything, Linds. Really, I’m just messing with you. I could never actually ‘fuck you in the woods.’ Or anywhere else. Even if you would, I couldn’t do it. Erik’s like a brother to me. Besides, his mom would kill me.’ He gave me an appraising up-and-down look. ‘Of course, she might understand if she could see you in that outfit…’ He smiled his heart-melting smile, and I had to smile back. ‘What are we doing, then? I’m not going. I could barely tear my eyes away to look up at her her smiling face, which had a few strands of hair dangling in front of her sexy green eyes. "Well? What are you waiting for?" With that, I leaned in and pressed my lips against her smooth skin, letting them linger for just a few seconds before pulling away. "How's that?" I asked looking back up. "Ummmmm," Shannon said, placing her hands on her hips. "I think you can do better." I smiled to myself. "Okay then," I said, reaching up to grab her by.