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“Do you love me now?”

What answer could she possibly give? “I don’t know.”

Incredibly, they were still touching. Hands joined, bodies brushing lightly together.

Marriage did that, apparently. It made you so familiar with each other’s bodies that you could hold each other and talk about divorce and the non-existence of love at the same time.

“Let me prove it doesn’t have to take seven minutes,” he said softly.

“No …”

“Why not?” Before she could say anything, he added quickly, “No, don’t answer. I know what you’ll say. That if we make love, I’ll think it’s more proof that I’ve won. I don’t want to prove anything.”

“Then what do you want?”

A thick beat of silence, while he struggled to strip back the layers. “I just want you.”