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air, waiting for me. I dried off my hands and took it.
    “Come on.” She tilted with her head for me to follow as she began to walk away.
    “Chloe…” I started.
    “Is sleeping,” Nina said. “Just come sit in the living room with me for a few minutes. Enjoy a glass of wine and let me pick your brain about a business proposition.”
    It would be nice to talk about business with someone who wasn’t going to gloss over things and tell me I didn’t need to worry about anything. I trusted that Ryan and Elyse were taking care of the business in New York, but with Chloe sleeping so much, I was going a bit stir crazy. There was a television in the spare room, but there was only so much daytime TV I could take.
    I pushed those thoughts aside as I followed Nina. The living room was tastefully expensive, but not overly opulent. A fire was crackling in the fireplace, offering the only light. Sitting in front of the couch was a coffee table, Nina’s wine glass and a half-full bottle sitting on it. Nina sat down and raised her glass to her lips, sipping it. I purposely moved to the other end of the couch, angling my body so that I could face her to talk, yet not be too close for comfort. I raised my glass in a salute and took a drink.
    I was surprised. The wine was cheaper than I’d expected from someone with Nina’s tastes, but not bad. I took another drink and let the alcohol start to work its way through me. I closed my eyes, absorbing the sound of the fire, the warmth. This was exactly what I needed. I had been putting on a strong face, telling Chloe that everything was okay and that it was all going to be fine, but it was wearing on me and the truth was, I wouldn’t believe it until I was holding my daughter and had Chloe at my side. We’d had too many times where we’d thought we’d gotten through the worst of it just to have something else thrown our way.
    “Has the doctor decided if he’s going to induce Chloe if she doesn’t go into labor by Saturday?” Nina’s voice broke through the quiet.
    I opened my eyes. “He doesn’t want to make that call until he sees her.” I drained my glass and set it on the coffee table “It’ll depend on how their vitals are, her and Victoria’s.”
    Nina leaned forward and filled my glass again. She sipped on hers as she leaned back. She seemed closer than she had when we’d first sat down, but it was a big couch so there was still plenty of space between us.
    “You’re such a good man, Patrick,” Nina said.
    She leaned towards me and I suddenly realized that I could see her nipples through her tank top. She wasn’t wearing a bra. I looked away and gulped down half of my wine. The fire seemed too bright, the room too warm. I blinked my eyes, finding it hard to focus. I must’ve been more tired than I’d thought.
    “It has to be difficult.” Nina’s voice was even closer than before. “A man like you has needs, especially with all this tension. You shouldn’t have to relieve them all by yourself.”
    When I drained my glass, seriously hoping that Nina wasn’t doing what I thought she was doing, her hand appeared on my knee and I stared at it, unsure what I should do. It slid higher until it was on my thigh. I turned my head and Nina’s face was just an inch from mine, but her features were swimming.
    Since when had two glasses of wine been enough to make me light-headed?
    I knew that was an important question, but I couldn’t seem to hold on to it. Then my hand was on something firm and round and I realized that Nina had put my hand on her breast.
    Oh, shit, this was bad. I told myself to do something, but I couldn’t quite figure out what that something was supposed to be.
    “Let me take care of you, Patrick.”
    She leaned towards me and her mouth pressed against mine.
    Fuck .
    The moment her tongue tried to slip into my mouth, adrenaline flooded into my system, breaking through the haze that was holding my logical thoughts hostage. I leaned back,