We reached the café about an hour later and ordered something to drink and eat. She used to smoke a lot and I was against it. Nonetheless, I liked th...e smell of it coming from her body.We sat next to each other looking in each other’s eyes and waiting for someone to take the first move, probably! She came closer to me and put her hands on me and rested her head on my shoulders. Later, she kept her hand on my thighs and I wasn’t sure if this was going somewhere. I mean, we had only just met!We. "All right. She'll come out with us, see what cha got." I pulled him to his feet, but his ankles seemed soft. "Maybe she'll do it with it if you're man enough."The girl made a face at me but followed the stumbling subaltern out the back door. I relieved him of his sword and purse after I knocked him unconscious. Sally dandled the heavy purse, smiled and kissed me on the mouth. I thought about that all the way back to camp with my sore-headed prize. In fact, the boy proved to be a winner. He was. Jess whimpered again, closing her eyes briefly to savor the sensations he was evoking before she could focus on his gaze once again. ‘What’s your condition?’ she asked, her voice rising with desperation. Nick struggled to retain a shred of sanity. This week would be his only chance to convince her that she wanted more from him. He intended to make it count, to pour everything he had into persuading her that they could have a future together. If he hoped for even a slim chance of success, he had. . until that woman, you never stopped being good ol' Harry Grimes, same as you ever were."And so with the three of you as the strong male images in my life, is it any wonder Patrick didn't measure up? I mean, it's not like Patrick didn't have his own set of issues that would have had us hitting divorce court sooner or later, but there was no way in fucking hell he could measure up to the ideals I held for what a man could and should be." Okay, Nicki," Harry said, checking the rear-view mirror.