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Anna began playing with my chest hair, both of us on our sides now after we'd cleaned up. "Did you really sell the farm?" she asked.
I sighed. "The papers have been submitted, if that's what you're asking."
"So there's no going back?"
"I mean, there's a possibility I could stop the sale, but it'd be expensive."
"I don't want you to sell it. I know how much you loved it."
I pressed a kiss to her shoulder. "Not as much as I love you."
"Be that as it may, I don't want to be the reason you sacrificed your entire business. That's just depressing."
I snorted. "I considered it more like a grand gesture."
"And it is. I'm extremely impressed. I always thought you loved oranges even more than you loved me."
We lapsed into companionable silence. Although my mind had already given up t
