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.""What's twenty bucks?""It's wrong.That's what it is," he replied without looking up.She sighed.Any red-blooded American male should be happy to see his wife on his lunch hour.But she had to be married to the only man in the world who probably liked money more than sex.She felt intensely lonely -- again.Now that the children were gone, she wanted to focus on her relationship with Jimmy.She wanted them to be the way they'd once been -- before work and children and mortgage payments had gotten in the way.But Jimmy wasn't helping.In fact, he didn't seem to notice there was anything wrong with their love life.Squaring her shoulders, she decided it was time for a wake-up call.She walked around the desk, grabbed the arm of his chair, and spun it around so he was facing her.It wasn't an easy task because he was a big man, but determination gave her added strength.Jimmy looked at her with annoyance."Leeanne, I'm busy."She dropped her hand to his belt."I'm sure you can find a few minutes."He looked horrified and pushed her hand away."No!""Oh, come on.""Absolutely not.What's gotten into you? Have you been watching those talk shows again?”"Nothing's gotten into me -- yet."He turned a bright beet red."Leeanne!"She untied the knot holding her coat in place.She opened up the edges, slowly, with tantalizing, teasing fingers, allowing him a peek at her naked body."Good Lord! You're not wearing a stitch." He darted a quick, panicked look at the closed door."I want to be wearing you." Leeanne shrugged out of the coat and let it drop to the floor.She was proud of her body, proud of the sleek muscles that she honed to perfection each day at the gym.She might be nearing fifty, but she didn't look it.Jimmy didn't seem at all interested.In fact, he bent over and grabbed her coat off the floor.He stood up and tried to pull it around her."Are you crazy? I work here.Shirley will be back any minute."She took the coat out of his hands and tossed it across the desk."That's why we have to hurry." She pressed her breasts against his chest."Tell me you don't want me." She felt him through the crotch of his finely pressed trousers and was pleased by the response."See, you can't lie.""We'll do this tonight, at home," he said firmly, setting her aside."Come on, Jimmy.Let me loosen your pants.It will just take a few minutes.You know that," she added with a touch of irony."No.Forget it." He pushed her away from him with more force than he'd ever used on her."I'm the president of this bank.I can't do this.I won't do it.And your father would have a heart attack if he knew you'd come into town dressed like that.Imagine what people would say.”She was too hurt to imagine anything, too pained to care.She felt rejected and alone, and angry that she'd tied herself to the most boring man on the planet."Don't you ever have a fantasy?" she asked with despair ringing through her voice."Don't you ever want to do it somewhere different, somewhere exciting? Don't you ever want it to be so passionate you feel like you could die?"He walked around the desk and grabbed her coat off the floor."There's a time for everything.This isn't it.""It's not illegal to make love to your wife at work.""It should be.Get dressed."She took the coat from his hand, but didn't put it on."Don't you want me?"His expression softened slightly."You know I do.But this isn't me, Leeanne.I can't do it here.Someone could walk in." He glanced back at the door."I don't even have a lock.""That makes it more exciting.""I've never understood your need for so much excitement," he said with a bewildered expression in his eyes."And I've never understood why you don't want any excitement.At least not anymore.My big brother, Tom, used to say you were the wildest kid in his class.But you changed when you got older.When you graduated from college and came back, you were different.Something happened there, didn't it?"He threw up his hands in amazement."What are you talking about? College was a hundred years ago.""Did some girl break your heart, Jimmy?" She searched his face for the answer.It was a question that had teased her for twenty something years, because there'd always been a part of Jimmy that she couldn't quite get to."Do you still think about her?""There is no 'her.' For God's sake, Leeanne, you and I have been married for twenty-six years.Why on earth would you bring up some girl from college now?""Because I keep wondering why you don't want me.Why we've grown apart.You don't talk to me, Jimmy.I don't have a clue what's going on in your head.And you never discuss anything personal.Looking back, I think I always did the talking.Maybe now I should listen.""Yes, you should listen.Go home, Leeanne.Stop imagining problems where there aren't any.”"Did you love anyone before me?”"No.""You answered too quickly.""There's no pleasing you.What do you want me to say?""I want you to say something, anything, dammit.I feel like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall, and it's driving me crazy."A knock came at the door."Oh, shit." Jimmy looked frantically from the door to her."Get dressed, Leeanne." He reached for the doorknob so no one could turn it."I'll be right with you," he called out."I knew this was going to happen," he hissed under his breath as Leeanne slipped her arms into her coat and covered herself."Mr.Callaway?" a female voice said as the knock came again."Just a minute." He waited until Leeanne had tied the belt on her coat, then opened the door.Leeanne was surprised to see a young, beautiful blonde standing in the hallway, a woman she'd never seen before."Mr.Callaway?" the woman said tentatively, her gaze drifting from Jimmy to Leeanne."May I speak to you for a moment? I hope this isn't a bad time.""No, it's fine.It's perfect," Jimmy said hastily.He took in a deep breath, then let it out."Do you have a problem I can help you with?""It's not a banking problem."Leeanne felt a catch in her stomach.There was something familiar about the girl, but she couldn't decide what.Nor could she understand what this young woman wanted with her husband or why her husband suddenly looked so uncomfortable."Oh, well, come in," he said."Thank you."Leeanne stepped aside so the blonde could enter Jimmy's office.Her gaze narrowed as Jimmy tugged nervously at his tie.Why on earth was he so fidgety?"Go home," Jimmy murmured to her."We'll talk later.""All right." Leeanne left the office, strolled a few feet down the hallway, then looked back
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