I tore my eyes away from hers and felt her body going rigid, and then she shivered. She kind of collapsed against me, the back of her head cradling on...my chest.Her face was turned sideways, tilted up to me, her lips looked swollen and they were parted and the breath was coming out real fast. There was a smoldering look in her eyes, like they were on fire and her lips quivered. I felt her breath on my face and it wasn’t just warm, it was positively hot. Our faces were separated by barely a. I rubbed some body lotion on my chest to soothe the effects of the adhesive. Getting dressed, I put on white lace panties, then khaki trousers and a polo shirt, with socks and hiking shoes. I took nail polish remover and cleaned my fingernails so that no shimmering pink remained.Patti was still sleeping, so I left her a note with the combination code to the front door and that I would not be back until around noon. We could go to lunch, she was on her own for breakfast.All I wanted was a. I'm assuming you and Maddie are eventually gonna tie the knot, am I right?" As they nodded, Jerome continued, "A bank check with Dave's name on it actually helps throw off suspicion, if 'Elise' is in fact fresh out on her own and living with her boyfriend. Presumably, this boyfriend is helping her get on her feet, and a bank check establishes a history that goes back before y'all would have been married. Make sense?" Yeah, it does. Oh, we should probably write up that letter for the clerk's. So,” he said, and cleared his throat, “tell me something. Did you end it, or did he?”Alex’s face shriveled and saddened and she exploded into tears. She sobbed uncontrollably for several minutes and cried ‘I’m so sorry’ and ‘I hate myself’ a couple dozen times. When her weeping was reduced to a whimper Charlie got up and sat beside her on the sofa. He put his arm around her and pulled her close. Her tears soaked into his shirt.“It’s okay,” he said.“No, it isn’t,” she said. “I’m such a.