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your sweetheart.”
    “You are,” he answered, but she didn’t hear him; she had drifted into sleep.
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    After the loving was a classic opportunity for embarrassment, regrets and the time-dishonored walk of shame, but none of those things happened. After sleeping in each other’s arms, Sherri was awakened by Lucas with a repeat performance that left her more than satisfied. They showered together, shared grilled cheese sandwiches and finished the rest of their wine. They saw no reason to not go back to bed. This time was more romantic—Sherri had lit some candles and Lucas put on some sexy jazz. They talked and made love until sleep claimed them again.
    He had to leave early the following day because he was working the early shift at Seven-Seventeen. Before he left, he fixed breakfast for Sherri and brought it to her in bed. He kissed her goodbye and told her he would call her later. She felt well-rested and relaxed. The profound sense of well-being made her smile.
    It had been a long time since she’d been with a man. Trevor’s obnoxious behavior after finding out that she was pregnant had soured her on men, even though she’d denied the idea when her friends brought it up. She’d always told them that she was waiting for Sydney to get older before she tried the dating scene again, but it was a half-truth. She had truly loved Trevor, or at least that was what she’d thought at the time. Finding herself pregnant and alone as she began her internship had been devastating and difficult.
    There had been times when she didn’t think she was going to be able to accomplish her goals and still have a healthy, happy baby, but she had. The fact that her parents had turned their backs on her when she refused to abort her child or give it up for adoption could have crushed her spirit permanently, but with the loving support and assistance of her friends and their mothers, she’d made it through the toughest part of her life so far. Doing without male companionship wasn’t a sacrifice at all. She felt fulfilled with Sydney. Her life was balanced between caring for her child and her medical practice, and she was satisfied. No matter what Alexis and Emily said about the need for her to have a social life and a sex life, Sherri was happy with the way things were. At least she had been until Lucas had entered her life.
    Just the thought of him made her glow inside and out. He was good to look at; that was undeniable. The way his green eyes lit up when he smiled always made a little thrill race down her spine. He was also sexy as hell. She’d known that from the first time he held her hand, and last night had only served to underscore everything she’d sensed about his prowess. Trevor had been her first and only lover, and compared to Lucas he’d been like a teenager fumbling around in the backseat of his father’s car. There was absolutely no way to compare the experience she’d shared with Lucas to what she’d had with the man who’d fathered her child—no way in this world.
    Lucas was kind and thoughtful and he treated her daughter like a little princess. He was the type of man who’d make a wonderful family man if he ever decided to settle down. There wasn’t anything about him that she didn’t like, from his easy conversation to the genuine warmth of his personality. They might have just moved into the friends-with-benefits stage, but his presence in her life was a wonderful, albeit surprising change in her life and she was going to enjoy it for as long as it lasted.
    After her breakfast she decided to take a long bubble bath before going to get Sydney from Alexis’s house. Once the bedroom had been returned to its normal pristine condition, she got dressed and took a good look in the mirror at the finished result. Even to her own critical eye, she looked good. There was something to be said for sharing a night of lovemaking with a handsome man. Emily and Alexis had been right about one thing for