Free Sweet Insanity by Marilyn

our marriage was pretty much over. We hadn’t been sleeping together for several months and I was fairly certain he had a lover on the side. While part of me was sad for the end of our marriage, another part knew that I deserved better than to be with a man who didn’t want me anymore. So after a few months I dusted myself off and moved on with my life.
“Your turn. What happened with your marriage, Carter?”
“We married very young; right after college graduation. I don’t think we were ready for marriage but she was an old-fashioned girl. Like you, she didn’t believe in living together and I couldn’t see living without her at that point. We had planned to wait until we were in our late twenties or early thirties before we had kids but despite our precautions, our oldest son was born much sooner than we planned.”
“Did that create problems between you?”
He shook his head. “While we still had college kids’ mentality, we were in love and ready to take on the world together. We were young and very horny so our second son was also born sooner than we’d planned. Once we grew up a little, we started to drift apart and see life differently.
“Even then we were still friends and still sexually attracted to each other. However, we continued to drift apart until we realized we had very little remaining in common and we both wanted the freedom to see other people. Still, we stayed together a little longer for the sake of our sons. But finally, we’d had it and we divorced about five years ago. We both love our sons. Since neither of us strayed while we were married, we remained friends and raised our sons together in an atmosphere that insured they knew we both still loved them.”
He turned his head to look at her. “I think we did a good job because we have great sons.”
She smiled. “Sounds like your divorce was much more civilized than mine. My ex and I can’t stand each other.”
“Well, Callie and I both love our sons dearly and we’re actually still fond of each other, so being civil isn’t hard. What about the boyfriend?”
“We can’t stand each other either.” She grimaced. “Hmm. I think I’m starting to detect a not so nice pattern.” She bit her lip and then laughed. “Maybe it’s me.”
“Or maybe they were both just too idiotic to realize what they were throwing away,” he suggested and immediately regretted his words. At this rate by the time the night ended she would be forgiven for thinking he was in love with her.
She reached out to touch his hand. “That’s probably not true but I love that you said it, Carter.” She took his hand in hers and kissed it before leaning forward to press a long sweet kiss against his lips. “Thank you.”
Irritated by the effect her kissing his hand had on him he spoke in the terse voice. “Don’t start any shit you’re not prepared to finish,” he warned.
“Sorry,” she said, rolling away from him.
Fuck! He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. The sooner he got over her the better for them both.
“Carter?”
He kept his eyes closed. “Yes?”
“I hope you’re not angry with me. I didn’t mean to…”
The hell she hadn’t meant to arouse him. But he was not a damn teenager. His lack of control with her was purely his own fault.
“Carter?” She touched his arm. “Please don’t be angry.”
“I’m not,” he said and lifted his lids to find her staring down at him with an unhappy look in her dark eyes. His annoyance evaporated. “It’s all right. I’m not angry.” And that time he meant it.
She stretched out on her side, facing him. “Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For asking me out and for… everything.”
“You’re welcome.” He closed his eyes again. Within minutes he felt drowsy and opened his eyes. The ex-cop in him would not allow him to relax enough to fall asleep outside unless he was camping.
Kira slept beside him. He sat up, placed the pillow against his back, and watched her as she slept. It would be