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the wall beneath a cabinet, where she chose a bottle of Cabernet. With the bottle in hand, she walked over, opened a drawer by the sink and retrieved an opener. Caroline set two extra-large glasses on the island, and after Piper muscled the cork out, she poured them each a hefty shot. They picked up their goblets.
    “To friends,” Piper said.
    “To sex.” Caroline laughed. “And lots of it.”

    * * *

    Jace opened the back door, and the first thing he heard was tinkling laughter. It was four in the afternoon and he was home early, hoping to surprise his wife. Jace had grown up on a farm an hour away, but his parents had moved to Madison eight years ago. Once Jace and Caroline had finished college and gotten married, they’d moved here so he could go into business with his father, buying and selling farming equipment. He enjoyed it, and it was extremely lucrative. His office was less than ten minutes away, and he was eager to see his beautiful wife. Their morning escapades had stuck with him all day, and he was hoping to coax her into a repeat performance.
    He walked into the kitchen to find his wife sitting at the kitchen table with Piper. There were more than a few empty bottles of wine strewn in front of them, along with some empty plates of food.
    They were both clearly drunk, and very happy.
    “Is this why you didn’t answer your phone?” Jace chided as he strode over and gave his wife a kiss on the top of her head.
    “I’m sorry,” Caroline said with a polite slur. “Time must’ve gotten away from us.” They both burst out laughing, Caroline hitting her thigh in delight. “I was getting all these texts from the website maintenance people, so I turned my phone to vibrate.” More laughter. “And then I left it in my office. What time is it anyway?” She turned to glance out the window. “It’s still light out.” She looked back at him. “Why are you home?”
    “I came home to see you,” he said, winking. “I wasn’t expecting you to have company.”
    Piper began to giggle in earnest. “No doubt he wants a repeat of this morning, you little sex kitten you.”
    Jace’s gaze whipped to Piper, his eyebrows shooting up to his hairline. Then he glanced back at his wife.
    Caroline had never talked to anyone about their sex life, which he knew for a fact because she’d told him on numerous occasions it was no one’s business what they did in their bedroom.
    He realized they were both staring at him, waiting for some kind of response. “Ah, yes. That’s a correct assumption. You were…amazing…and I…came home early to see you,” he finished lamely.
    This was awkward.
    “Oh, that’s so sweet,” Piper said, clapping her hands. “You weren’t lying when you told me you were a good lay, Caroline. Good for you!” Piper slurred the last bit as she put her hand up for a rocky high-five, which Caroline leaned over and smacked with the force of a wet noodle.
    Because they were so blitzed, Jace didn’t take as much offense as maybe he should have. “So, I take it you two have been drinking?” He glanced at the table. “Was it three bottles of wine? Or four?”
    Caroline cocked her head up at him and gave him a sloppy smile. “Only three. But we drank them over a very long period of time. Hours.” God, she was gorgeous, even drunk on wine at four in the afternoon. “You’ll also be happy to know I am now much more educated about sex than I was before, thanks to my best friend, Piper. She’s been around the block way more times than me and has filled me in on everything .” She leaned toward him in her chair, putting her hand in a half-hearted arc around her mouth to whisper, “And good grief! There’s so much we’ve been missing out on!”
    Jace didn’t think his eyebrows could get any higher. “Missing out? I think we’ve covered quite a bit. You don’t have anything to worry about. How about we get you up to bed? You look a little tired.” Drunk.
    “I’m not tired, Jason. I’m