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“Maybe if we kissed we’d realize that it’s not that special anymore.”

Jessie felt like an idiot for suggesting it. Payson still said nothing, so she stammered, “I-it would prove that all of that is behind us.”

“You need to kiss me to prove to yourself...what exactly?” he asked. He shifted in the chair and rolled his shoulders, something he did when he was tense.

“I’m looking at this the way you would—scientifically. We were married. We’re not anymore, but we’re working together. We’re both remembering how it was, and it probably wasn’t like we remember anyway. We need to prove to ourselves that there’s nothing there.”

“The theory that you’d like to test is that if we kiss, we’ll discover that what we had was pretty ordinary?”

“Something like that. I’m just trying to be honest here. I know you feel the tension. I’ve seen those looks and I know what they mean. If we just kiss and get it out of the way, we’ll be good to go.”

“When would you like to conduct this experiment?”

“What about now?”