She rolled onto her back, opened her eyes, found him smiling down at her. She tried to speak but had to swallow first, her throat dry from all the noise she’d made, all that moaning and crying out. “You aresogood.”
How could she go back to her sexless existence after this? How could she ever desire any man other than Jason?
Don’t think about it.
He chuckled, kissed her forehead. “So, you didn’t get bored?”
“Bored?” Then she remembered and laughed. “No.”
He drew her into his arms, and for a few minutes, they lay together in golden silence, cocooned in the afterglow of great sex, their bodies replete. His scent was all over her, and hers on him, the air heavy with salt and musk.
Then Winona’s stomach growled. “I’m hungry.”
He reached for his phone, glanced at the screen. “I’m not surprised. We didn’t eat lunch, and it’s almost five-thirty.”
She stared at him. “No way! We’ve been at this forfive hours? How can that be?”
Theyhaddone it all, all of the things he’d suggested—and more.
“There were breaks in between, and you fell asleep once, remember?”
“More like I passed out.”
He grinned, his fingers caressing her spine. “Itwassudden. One minute you were screaming, and the next you were out.”
“I wasn’t screaming. That’s too dramatic a term for it.”
He chuckled. “If you say so.”
She sat up, gave herself a moment to adjust, her body like linguine. “I’m going to take a shower, and then we’ll head to Knockers.”
They walked the short distance to Knockers, holding hands. They ran into Bear at the roundabout. He greeted Winona with a big smile, most of which was hidden beneath his beard. “Winona Belcourt!”
“Bear, it’s so good to see you. This is my good friend, Jason Chiago.”
Bear looked at Jason like a shy child. “Jason Chiago. I am Winona’s friend, too.”
Jason squeezed Winona’s hand, then released and reached for Bear’s. “She told me about you. I’m so happy to meet you.”
Winona’s heart melted at the compassion she saw in Jason’s eyes.
Bear shook Jason’s hand. “She takes care of animals.”
“She does—and so do you. That’s what I’ve heard.”
Bear shuffled his feet, clearly both touched and embarrassed by Jason’s words. He fell back on Scripture. “Whatever you did to the least of these, you did to me.”
Jason nodded. “That’s right.”
Winona asked the obvious question. “Have you had supper?”
Bear shook his head.
“Want to come with us to Knockers? I’ll buy your favorite meal.”
His face lit up.
The three of them walked the last block and a half to Knockers. It was just after six, the parking lot starting to fill, the band not yet onstage.