Passion Within Marriage: Uncle, You’re Too Much

She’s bold and domineering, and always gets even. When her best friend hooks up with her fiancé, she gets back at her by successfully winning over the man her friend has a crush on. He’s the abstinent godlike heartthrob in everyone else’s eyes, but around her, he’s easy to set off. She loves acting cute and throwing tantrums to wheedle things out of her older man, and she’s always teasing him. Every time she gets him worked up, she runs away. The older man pins her against the wall. “Little girl, you’re playing with fire.” The corner of her mouth twitches. She finally realizes just how formidable he is. He says, “As long as you’re willing, even when we’re seventy or eighty, with our hair gone gray, you can still be a child. I’ll spoil you until the end of time.”