I strode past Anne after confirming Jack’s availability and entered his office. He stood up, striding toward me, his arms unfolding and hands opening, ready to embrace me. I reached for him as he towered over me, tiptoeing as my arms opened in invitation.
He took me in his arms and hoisted me off the ground, his head buried in my thick hair cascading down my back. I held on tightly to him, while he enfolded me completely in his arms, stroking my hair and moulding himself into me as if to dissolve into my embrace.
“I missed you so much.”
He breathed in my hair, as he strode to his massive desk, with me cuddled against his hard chest. He set me down, tucked the strands of hair covering my face behind my ears, before brushing his lips on mine—gently and non-urgent. I instinctively threw m
