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get any work done with you distracting him,” Jeremiah called as she hurried up the steps.
    “Don’t you worry about that,” she called back. “I’ll be down in two minutes.” She pulled the phone out of her pocket and looked at the text.
    Did you? I hope I inspired some pleasant dreams.
    She giggled. He’d kept the flirting and banter to a minimum the night before, but she sensed he would soon be acting at least a bit more like the flirtatious man she’d never been able to forget. She sent him a quick text back.
    Yes, you did. I dreamt that I woke up in your arms.
    She waited. She checked her hair and put her keys in her purse. As she zipped it up, her phone beeped again.
    I wish you had. One morning…soon.
    She didn’t reply because she didn’t want to risk David and Jeremiah getting too curious. She didn’t really mind them being so nosy, but she wanted to keep some more intimate things to herself. She hurried down the stairs, wishing the next six hours would pass very quickly.
    * * * *
    “Dreaming about me already? That is a good sign,” Erik said to himself before going back to finish his report. He could have been finished with it an hour ago, but he was distracted. He hadn’t been this happy in a long time though, so he figured he deserved one slightly distracted morning. The intimacy and sweetness of her dream touched him. His dream had been far more erotic. His fantasy about her before going to bed had inspired him in a very unexpected way. He’d dreamt that he’d woken up next to her, and she’d stirred in the darkness. Her naked body had brushed against him and gotten him hard. He’d kissed his way down her body before settling himself between her legs to go down on her. It had seemed very real, her moans and sighs and gasps exciting him. He’d cursed his alarm clock for going off just as he was entering her.
    He pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind. He’d woken up very hard and then gotten himself off in the shower twice because reliving the dream in his mind had proved very intoxicating. When they finally did make love, he hoped she’d be able to go all night because he knew he wouldn’t be able to get enough of her.
    While he thanked fate for bringing them back together, he wished it could have happened differently. Losing her husband so young had to have been traumatizing. No matter how encouraging she was he had to stick to his resolution of not rushing anything. If he could have his own way, he’d be moving her into his home tonight, but he had to keep such thoughts to himself. Also, she was very excited about the bookstore, and he had to let her pursue that dream without worrying about what he might want. It made him happy to see her so passionate and enthusiastic about a project. She’d seemed interested in the research he was doing, and it had given him great pleasure to share his ideas with her. He wasn’t going to cure cancer or revolutionize his field anytime soon, but he felt his research was important. He smiled because he could tell she understood that. He wasn’t falling in love with her now. In truth, he’d been in love with her for over ten years. One day, he would confess that to her. For now, he was going to do everything in his power to make her fall in love with him. He would not lose her again because of his own fears and anxieties.
    * * * *
    Susan parked her car in the parking deck and took the elevator down to street level. She called Erik to tell him where she was. He came around the corner about twenty seconds later.
    He kissed her on the cheek. “Hello, beautiful.”
    “Hi,” she said. “Did you have a good day at work?”
    “Yes, I did. Lots of paperwork though, so it was very boring. How’s your day been?”
    “Good. We spent most of it in a hardware store.”
    “Any luck?”
    “Yeah, we picked out some fixtures and paint for the bathroom. We’re going to see how that comes together and then paint upstairs.”
    They sat at a little table