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Theresa did her best to slide into the passenger’s side of the cab without wincing from the tenderness of her most private area.  All thoughts of guilt oversleeping with Jeffrey were replaced by worry and trepidation over the fact that David would expect sex once they got to her place.He took her hand in his and inspected the engagement ring he’d slid onto her ring finger only a few hours earlier.  “Look at that sparkle.  Are you happy with it?”Theresa looked down at the three and a half carat solitaire diamond and smiled.  “How did you know my ring size?”“I snuck into your jewelry box and took your ring to the jeweler,” he admitted.“How long have you been planning this?” she asked with wonder.“Since the day I looked at your tight ass while swinging on the gate, baby,” he said with a grin.“Do men only think of sex?” she mused, more t

Theresa nervously fluffed the accent pillows on her sofa while she looked at the clock.  Jeffrey would arrive at any moment.  More than once, since she’d agreed to let him pay her a visit, she’d questioned the wisdom in it.  Her feelings for him were a complete mystery to her. She had no idea how she would behave once she was behind closed doors with him.  Would she cry her eyes out and tell him how much he’d hurt her, or would she grab a knife from the knife block on the kitchen counter and stab him in the heart with it?  Just to be safe, she tucked all of the knives away in a very inconvenient kitchen drawer.Even though she told herself that she wanted nothing to do with Jeffrey Holmes and that she was only letting him come over so that he could explain himself, she took extra care with her hair and makeup.  When she was tidying up her bedroom, she told herself it was out of nervousness and not because she expected to take hi

Theresa twisted her cup of coffee between her hands as she sat at her kitchen table and thought on what to do.  She needed to leave for work, but Jeffrey was still sound asleep in her bed. Should she wake him or leave him where he was?  She just didn’t know.If she woke him, she’d have to face him.  After the confession he made about loving her, she wasn’t sure she was up to that.  The thought of him withholding his feelings from her for so long and mistreating her because of them just made her blood boil.  She knew she’d eventually forgive him for being an ass after they’d made love.  After all, she was pretty riddled with guilt about it herself. People acted oddly when they were overridden with guilt.  Forgiving him for not telling her that he loved her when he knew how she’d felt about him since she was a young girl and allowing her to move forward with David… well…. she wasn’t sure

Pain pierced his jaw as Jeffrey slowly tested whether it was broken. He couldn’t say how long he’d been out and he had no idea where David and Theresa had gone to.  He struggled to stand, but his equilibrium was off, so he sat on the floor and leaned against the desk.Worry over Theresa’s safety overshadowed his hesitancy in admitting that he’d been caught having sex with her in her office by David.  He pulled out his cell phone, took a deep breath, and dialed his father’s telephone number.  Henry picked up on the second ring.At normal speed, Theresa’s office was twenty minutes from the ranch.  Henry made it in fifteen.  Jeffrey was leaning on his truck when he pulled into the parking lot. He leapt out and immediately inspected Jeffrey’s jaw.“I don’t think it’s broken,” he said with concern, “but you’re going to have a doozy of a bruise.  What did he hit

It was her first day back to work.  Jeffrey was reluctant to let her go, but she eventually convinced him that she was well enough.  Her cast was off, the scar on her face was less angry, and she felt fairly strong.  She saw no reason to sit around and get fat any longer.Insisting on driving her to her office and picking her up when she was ready, she kissed him good-bye with the promise that it would be a short day.As she unlocked the door, memories of Jeffrey making love to her in her office flooded her mind.  Her body tingled at the thought until her mind shifted to David’s vicious assault. Cold sweat coated her body and her fingers trembled as she opened the blinds and replaced the closed sign with an open one.Jeffrey was thoughtful enough to have cleaned things up before she returned to work, so there was no sign of what occurred.  He even managed to have fresh flowers in a vase waiting for her.  It had a card declarin