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Somehow lingering to chat after a late breakfast the next morning turned into staying for lunch. By the time she actually started the drive back to Wasilla, it was mid-afternoon. Full of food and missing Reed, it was a very lonely drive alone for all those hours. It was made worse by her thoughts bouncing to Matt and away every ten miles or so.
It took her half of the drive to admit to herself how much she had missed Matt while they’d been apart. And not just for the outstanding s*x. Making the long trip back in his truck, she realized what it had cost him in time and effort just to come see her for those few precious hours before the fight. He had pleasured her, bared his feelings, and then tucked her with well wishes before he left. That was more than being a lover—that was being a
