Chapter 103

• MARY-BETH
• After the incredible sex, I tucked myself in under Alex’s arm and we drifted for a while and then both fell asleep. I woke at three in the morning, and I’d have loved to have stayed there, of course, tangled up in the sheets, with his body warm and solid beside me. But I wanted to be with Maddy. I needed to be closer to her, even though the baby monitor was on the bedside table. I lay there for a while just listening to her rhythmic breathing and basking in my love for her.
• A little while later I gave Alex a gentle kiss on the cheek and slipped out of the bed. I couldn’t find my dress in the dark and there was no hope of working out where my bra had gotten to. But feeling around, I found his shirt was on the big vintage armchair. Hoping he wouldn’t mind, I slipped it over my bare breasts and padded down the hall.