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There were chirping sounds in the distance but Elaine couldn’t say where exactly they were coming from because it was something she had never heard from this part of the house before.

She could almost swear that it was her mind and her mood playing tricks on her but she said nothing, smiling as only thoughts of Richie filled her head, and his sweet masculine scent filled her nostrils.

The morning breeze blew gently against her face and she smiled as she stared at Richie’s handsome face; the face she’d grown to love so dearly.

They both sat, naked but unashamed. Elaine was basking in the goodness of the morning while Richie was sad, worried that Elaine was still keeping things from him and bothered because he felt it was something mighty enough to cause a rift between them.

He didn’t want any issues arising between him and Elaine, he could not afford it especially now that he had grown too attached to her, and was already a little bit too entangled in her special we