A/N: Another day, Another challenge: The Prompt: Write a short story, of 700 words or fewer, that begins with the following sentence: The difference is, I lie for a reason.

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"The difference is, I lie for a reason," Lee argued with his wife, as they stood side-by-side in his kitchen, both clad in only their robes, cleaning up the remnants of a late lunch since they'd worked up an appetite. "And you do too." Off the perturbed look she gave him, he added, "Besides, I don't really look at it as lying, per se. We tell a lot worse lies when we're working."

"That's WHEN we're working," Amanda pointed out as she washed the dishes while he dried. "Not trying to avoid working." She gave him a stern look.

"Well, why shouldn't we try to avoid working on our day off?" Lee questioned with a shrug. "People have days off for a reason, you know." He tossed the dishtowel aside, then crept up behind her and slipped a hand inside her satin robe to cup her breast lightly thumbing her nipple as he nuzzled her neck.

Amanda sighed at the tenderness of his touch. She gave in for just a moment, leaning into him with a soft, "You're not playing fair."

"You know what they say, "All's fair in love and-" He sentence was cut off by her shrugging away from him as she reached into the sink to drain the dishwater.

She reached around him for the dish towel he'd discarded to dry her hands, dropped it back to the counter, then strode purposefully into the living room calling behind her. "I think we should at least listen to Billy's message."

"Oh, no you don't," Lee warned as he charged after her catching both of her hands in his just before she could push the "play" button on his answering machine.

"Lee..."

He shook his head firmly. "Mm-mm. Today is just about you and me. You got me?" He kissed both of her hands before releasing them.

"Except that we promised to have dinner with my mother," she reminded him with a wave of her finger.

"All the more reason to enjoy our time together until then...with NO interruptions," he responded with a pointed look as he loosened the belt on her robe and began to explore her delicate curves again. He dipped his head down to capture one taut nipple in his mouth while one hand cupped the other and his other hand grasped her bottom to pull her to him.

"Lee..." she sighed as she felt his growing arousal pressing against her while he worked her into her own. The fierce desire she felt for her husband drowned out all further thoughts of Billy's message as he eased her up against the back of the sofa. Removing the hand from her breast and grasping her hips tightly, Lee plunged into his wife's warmth hard, groaning as he did so, "Yes," Amanda hissed as she clutched at his neck, pleasure exploding within her at the feeling of her husband's hard length inside her. It didn't matter that they'd already made love twice today. After a long month without, she felt as if she couldn't get enough of him.

""Manda," he groaned as he clamped his mouth down on her neck, suckling her tender skin as he began to thrust upward into her. He gripped her hips tighter and pumped into her as deep and as hard as he could groaning louder as he felt her tight muscles contracting around him.

"LEE!" Amanda screamed loudly as an intense climax gripped her, unconsciously digging her nails into her husband's neck as she shook with the force of her release.

"Yes, God, Yes," Lee cried out as he emptied himself into her, his own body shaking as he continued to drive into her until he was spent. His breathing heavy, his heart pounding, he peppered her face and neck with soft kisses, whispering, "I love you," over and over again as he held her tightly to him.