6Three hours later, Topper pulled a pillow over her face and thought about screaming. The second shower hadn’t helped. She was still wide awake and failing to get Stark’s arousing touch out of her mind. She pulled the pillow away. She was too old for this. Women her age shouldn’t cower in the face of their obvious needs. They should act and not worry so much about the costs.
She climbed from the bed and yanked on a robe over her n***d body. Walking briskly out of her bedroom, she walked through the connecting hallway to the room where Stark was sleeping.
Only he wasn’t sleeping. He was sitting n***d in a chair by the window, staring out at the stars. Stark turned and smiled when he saw her. “I couldn’t sleep for thinking about you.”
Topper nodded. “Same here.” She walked slowly across t
