Chapter 96 Aftermath

• Everything about Dan was perfect, it seemed because the lovemaking was indeed perfect. He made Becca come so hard that she could have sworn that she saw stars. By the time it was done though, she lay beside him trying to catch her breath and doing her best not to let the tears that suddenly sprang out of nowhere to her eyes fall. What the fuck was wrong with her? The answer was very simple. The whole thing reminded her of Ryan and how passionately they used to have sex. It was embarrassing to think that in the end there, she hadn’t been thinking of Dan, but of Ryan.
• Now that she was back to reality, she felt guilty, and worst of all was fast coming to the realization that all this while, she had only been deluding herself. Ryan was still very much a part of her. How could he not be, when she saw his face every day disguised as her infant daughter’s own? The realization that she still missed him so deeply, despite everything, made her feel like the stupidest woman on God’s green planet. Dan was lying silently beside her in the somewhat dark room. He hadn’t said a word since they finished having sex, but now he cleared his throat and spoke.
• “Who’s Ryan?” He asked quietly, so quietly that she almost missed the question, but there was no mistaking what he had asked. Becca stiffened beside him.