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My heart was racing, my body was buzzing, and my head was spinning. My mind was in a fog from the best sex I’d ever had. Sex with Russ was always good, but the sex we’d just had was mind-altering. I felt a shift. Slowly and carefully, Russ released my leg so that I was standing on two feet. I didn’t open my eyes until I felt the terry cloth towel between my legs.

“Thank you,” I whispered as he cleaned me up.

Instead of responding, he leaned down and planted a sweet kiss against my lips.

Pulling away, he stared at me in awe as he finished cleaning us up.

Wordlessly, he pulled up his pants, tucking his shirt back in before he bent down to help me step back into my panties. He kissed my breasts before slipping the straps of my bra up my arms. He turned me around and connected the hook-and-eye clasp.

The intimacy of the act was overwhelming.

He kissed the back of my neck and pulled me into him. Hugging me from behind, he lowered his mouth to the shell of my ear.

“You’re my escape,” he whispered before turning me around. “And I’ve missed you.”

“I’ve missed you, too,” I admitted with a trembling breath.

He stared at me, willing me to say more. The vulnerability in his gaze pulled emotions out of me, and I felt my eyes starting to sting.

He must’ve fucked the good sense God gave me right out of my head. He had me ready to admit to feelings I hadn’t been ready to confront for myself. He had me ready and willing to risk it all in every sense.

I had to look away.

“Nina—” His phone vibrated, and he pulled it out of his pocket. “Shit.”

Running his hand down his beard, he exhaled loudly. “I have to get out of here. They’re looking for me. I have a meeting tonight, and then…” He shook his head. “Are you free tomorrow night? For dinner?”

I nodded. “Yeah, I’m free. But how?”

Dropping a soft kiss against my lips, he stared at me as if hewere seeing me for the first time. There was an adoration in his gaze that gave me butterflies. He backed away from me slowly. “I’ll figure something out. Just… unblock me.”

“Okay,” I whispered, literally biting my bottom lip to prevent myself from saying more.

Before he left the confines of the space, he held my gaze. “You said you were mine,” he said softly. “And I like the sound of that.”

Without another word, he disappeared behind the partition.

My heart hammered in my chest as I listened to his footsteps getting farther away and then the gentle click of the door closing. As soon as I knew he was gone, I placed my hand over my heart and let out a breath.

“—can’t understand it!” Jacqueline complained, loudly entering the changing room.

“I agree with you,” Taisha said.

I quickly pulled on my orange sundress. “How was the rest of the shoot?” I called out to them.

“Damn, Nina!” Taisha reacted. “I thought you left!”

Rounding my shoulders, I grabbed my handbag and the still-damp clothing on the hangers before I emerged from the partition. “No. It just took me a little while to dry off.”

“The rest of the shoot was a soggy mess,” Jacqueline said as she went behind the partition closest to the door. “I feel like my hair is messed up from the rain, which would’ve been okay if we’d continued shooting in the rain, but instead…”

They told me about their shoots, what their poses were, the complaints they had about shooting the same “sexy” poses in an unsexy location. I waited for them to finish changing, and then the three of us went to find Angelica to give her our clothing.

“We were looking for you,” Remedy stated when the three of us approached her and Angelica.

“I was getting changed and drying off,” I explained, hanging my items on the rack.

She stared at me for a beat too long before shifting her gaze to the others. “There’s an opportunity on Saturday. I know it’s lastminute and not part of your schedule, but if you are able to make it, I would encourage you all to be there.”

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