Chapter 6

After catching their breath from their lovemaking, Andi pushed a button on the wall and more steam entered the sauna. She pushed it again and again and soon the sauna was as foggy as London, but as hot as Adana. They sat on the bench facing each other, gently touching and kissing as innocent as young lovers, but tempered by age and experience. As their heads spun from the heat and the humidity, she said, “Let’s step outside.”

She stood and took his hand, and they got out of the sauna and went outside. Standing naked and steaming hot in the near zero temperatures, they kissed. Snowflakes swirled around them, but being so hot and sweaty from the sauna, the cold and snow felt invigorating. Andi’s head was spinning, so in love and so sexually sated that all of her experiences in the past were mere dalliances compared with the passion and love and utter mind-bending orgasms she just experienced. And in her mind, it was all just foreplay! If it continues like this, would she survive the pleasure when they finally make love?

She had almost laughed when her teammates sent back an email saying to marry Paul, but right now that idea was ringing in her head so loudly she couldn’t drive it away. Andi couldn’t meet his eyes, she stepped back and said in a shaky voice “I know this is wrong ... and you can yell at me if you want, but please don’t hit me ... We just met and I know this is so sudden but ... I just ... want ... to ... ask...” Andi’s eyes filled with tears and expectation. She took a deep breath and prepared to put her entire life on the line. She gulped and opened her mouth.

Just as she was about to speak, Paul slowly sank to one knee and gently took her tiny hand in his large powerful hands. “Will you marry me?” he asked.

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