“Let’s make a deal,” he curled his arm under her and rolled her, so she was almost atop him. “I will permit you to continue teaching but you will need to make time for me. I will come to you in Baltimore.”
She was stunned by his words, “really?”
“Yes. I will expect you to come away with me for trips and weekends away and in the summer, I want your time but those are things we can work around.”
She felt her stomach plummet but nodded. With luck he’d be tired of her before summer began in less than two months time. Marie and Dante would help her with Hadlee. She rested her cheek to his naked chest and stared blankly at the wall. “How does this work exactly? You don’t want me telling my friends …”
“You can tell the man you call Dante, because I have a funny feeling, he already knows based
