[When she wrapped her arms around him, it wasn't hard to do the same to her in return. To pull her close and bury his face in her shoulder. There had been too many times in the course of the last few months when he'd resisted doing just that. Knowing that she wouldn't want it, that it would cross a line that they could never uncross. Knowing the act would have irrevocable repercussion on her professional career.
That night she'd been the one to cross it first, to offer her hand to help him over that line, and here, that line felt as if it were a million miles away.
Kissing her shoulder lightly, he murmured into her shoulder.]
You should enjoy the twenty minutes left of your picnic.
[The muffled tone held slight amusement. Richard hadn't forgotten the deal he and Alex had made, and he was counting this as part of it.]
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That night she'd been the one to cross it first, to offer her hand to help him over that line, and here, that line felt as if it were a million miles away.
Kissing her shoulder lightly, he murmured into her shoulder.]
You should enjoy the twenty minutes left of your picnic.
[The muffled tone held slight amusement. Richard hadn't forgotten the deal he and Alex had made, and he was counting this as part of it.]