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David woke up feeling more content than he'd felt in ages. Lindy was sleeping on her side, turned away from him, but he scooped her closer.

When he dropped a kiss on her bare shoulder a few minutes later, she stirred and rolled over to face him, and he couldn't help smiling at how appealing he found her, even in complete dishabille.

At first, she just blinked up at him with those wide blue eyes and said nothing. But he knew something was coming when she began to worry her bottom lip. "We probably shouldn't have let that happen again," she said. "We keep doing things backward."

He grinned and leaned up on one elbow to trace a finger between her breasts and down her belly. She caught his hand when he reached her navel, insuring that he could go no lower. "Don't confuse me," she said. "We need to talk."

"About what?"

"About Gabrielle. About this baby."

"What about Gabrielle?"

"You've been in love with her for years."

The sudden freedom he'd felt last night when he'd told Lindy that he wasn't in love with Gabby anymore had confirmed that it was true. Now he believed he'd hung on to Gabby for so long, even after she'd moved on, because of Allie. Having another baby on the way forced him to look beyond what once was to what might be, and it was a very hopeful picture. "I'm over her," he said.

"And the baby?"

"I'm excited about the baby."

"Oh." She seemed surprised that there wasn't more to say, but David felt as though things had suddenly become very simple.

"Now I have something I want to discuss," he said.

She raised her brows. "What's that?"

"It's about the ad."

"What ad?"

"The one you're planning to run when you get the bathroom finished."

"For a roommate?"

"That's the one."

She caught on and began to smile. "I suppose you know just the person."

He rolled her beneath him and kissed her forehead, her cheeks, her neck. "I do," he murmured against her warm skin.

"But you already have a house," she pointed out.

"I'll sell it."

She put her hands on his chest. "But what if...what if it doesn't work out between us?"

"I can't make any promises about the future, Lindy. It's too soon for that. But I do know it'll never work if we don't give it a chance," he said. Then he kissed her. And this time she put her arms around his neck and clung to him while he made love to her — and he understood what it was about her that had made him forget reason the first time.

To be continued...



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