<blockquote>"How long have we known each other?" Her voice felt rusty.
Raoul was sprawled next to her on the bed. He blinked at the ceiling and cracked his neck. "Twenty years?"
"Twenty years," Buri sighed. She felt like steam was rising off both of them. "We could have been doing this for twenty years."
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Sometimes it takes a while to go from friends to lovers. But it helps if you can read each other's minds.</blockquote>
