Unlocked (8 page)
Authors: Evelyn Adams
Epilogue
It had been two months since their night at the hotel.
It was too long to suit Christine. Their sex life was great – better than ever,
but she missed having all that time to completely open herself up to Jack.
She’d finally managed to figure it all out. The kids
were riding the bus home with friends and sleeping over. She had a salon
appointment in the morning. There was just one more thing to do before she went
to bed.
Opening the lid to the small box one more time, she
gazed down at the three jeweled clips nestled in the soft cotton batting. She
traced the heavy silver chain coiled around them, lifting it with her finger
and imagining what they would do with it. Her nipples pebbled to tight peaks
under the cranberry silk of the robe Jack had given her. She’d worn it almost
every night since as a reminder to both of them.
Suddenly eager to get back upstairs and into bed with
her husband, she put the lid on the box and tied it tight with a length of
scarlet ribbon, longer and wider than was strictly necessary. She slipped
written directions to the hotel under the ribbon and slid the package into
Jack’s briefcase.
Smiling to herself at the thought of him discovering
her present at work, Christine climbed the stairs.
Indulge in more Forbidden Fruit.
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Coming Winter 2012
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Evelyn
Adams lives in her own little Garden of Eden with her three children, a handful
of God’s creatures and the man of her dreams.
