Marianne seemed to ignore her offer to sleep on the couch, but Laura didn't feel like making the effort to insist. If the bed was big enough for two, who was she to argue?

Besides, it had been too long since she'd slept beside someone else. The few guys she'd gone home with lately, she didn't stay with long enough for anything but sex.

Inside Marianne's bedroom, Laura toed off he sneakers. Despite wearing nothing underneath them, she wiggled out of her shorts after only a brief hesitation. Her t-shirt went down almost to her knees anyway.