Chapter 94

• MARY-BETH
• So, Maddy napped like a pro after all the fresh air in the park, and feeding the ducks in the pond. I didn’t see Alex again yesterday, thank goodness. He went out for most of the day, and then, when I did head up to the kitchen last night, I saw him in there and padded back down the hall, waiting until he’d gone before going to make myself a grilled cheese sandwich and get Maddy’s night bottle ready.
• She went to sleep much better yesterday evening, though – hallelujah! - and I got to enjoy a lovely bath. I filled it with bubbles and lay there staring out of the huge window at the treetops swaying in the park opposite. It was a beautiful building, and a great place to land while I got back on my feet. As I relaxed, my body re-felt the sensation of Alex’s strong, muscular body against mine. His lips crushing mine in the sexiest kiss I’ve ever experienced. His cock hard against my clit, through his shorts. Him pulling my hips to the edge of the counter and then his fingers inside me… Oh, my God. I sank deeper under the bubbles and began to stroke my clit, but then stopped myself and reached for my new mom’s magazine. He’d made it perfectly – painfully – clear that nothing more was going to go on between us. Offended as I was by the way he spoke to me, I was glad too. I just needed to stay focussed on my plan – setting up my vintage online magazine so I could work from home until Maddy started school. And on keeping this job, and this place to live, while I got it going.