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Chapter 7- Secrets and Lies

Sam left Phil's at about 7 that morning and headed off in the direction of her and Steve's place. She unlocked the door and heard Steve in the kitchen. He came to the kitchen door as soon as he heard the door shut. 'Sam, where were you last night? I was worried,' Steve said.

'I slept round a friend's house. We went out for a drink last night and I didn't want to disturb you so I slept on their sofa,' Sam replied.

Steve went up to Sam and put his arms around her. She relaxed into his embrace. 'You should've called me, Sam. It would've stopped me worrying about you,' he said.

'Listen I'm sorry Steve. I know I should've called, I'll make it up to you, I promise,' Sam replied.

'When?'

Sam leant up and kissed Steve softly on the lips. 'Now if you want,'

Steve took Sam's hand and led her upstairs to their bedroom.

About an hour later, Sam and Steve emerged from their bedroom. 'Mmm that was fun,' Sam remarked. 'I said I'd make it up to you.'

'You certainly did that,' Steve said and kissed the top of Sam's head.

'Listen, I've got to get ready for work,' Sam replied.

'OK, I'll leave you to it,' Steve said and he descended the stairs.

Sam smiled to herself as she watched Steve go back into the kitchen before going back into her and Steve's bedroom to get ready for work.

Sam emerged from the bedroom again about half an hour later, dressed in a black suit and a white v-neck top. Sam reached the bottom of the stairs and picked up the car keys from beside the telephone. 'Right Steve, I'm off to work, I'll see you this evening,' Sam called through to the kitchen.

'Sam,' Steve said as he poked his head around the door.

'Yes,'

'I love you,'

'Love you too,' Sam said as she left the house.

Sam arrived at Sun Hill station about 15minutes later and parked up her car. She went upstairs to CID and noticed that Phil was already there, he was busy writing up some case notes. He looked up when he saw Sam enter the room. She smiled at him as she walked past his desk on the way to her office. Phil followed her into the office and closed the door behind the pair of them. He walked across the room to Sam and kissed her softly on the lips. Sam deepened the kiss and wrapped her arms around Phil's neck. They both pulled away, completely breathless. 'I love you Sam,' Phil said.

'I love you too Phil,' Sam replied.

'What did you tell Steve when you got back this morning?'

'I told him I slept on a mate's sofa,'

'Did he believe you?'

'Of course he did. He had no reason to distrust me,'

'Good. I know haven't been my brother's biggest fan but I don't want him to find out about us, you know that'll destroy him,'

'Of course I know. Which is why I want this to be our secret, the more that know about us, the bigger the risk of Steve finding out,'

'Well, I'm not gonna tell anyone,'

Phil kissed Sam softly on the lips. 'You'd better go before people start to talk,' Sam said.

'OK,' Phil replied, kissing Sam once more before leaving the office and closing the door behind him.

Sam sat down at her desk and smiled. She felt so happy that she'd got Phil back in her life. She certainly was making it a family affair.

Sam's POV

I can't believe what has happened over the last few weeks. I have to admit I never intended to fall back into Phil's arms but with his charm, who could possibly resist? I certainly couldn't. He makes me go weak at the knees and one look from him melts my heart. If I'm honest, I've never loved Steve as much as I do Phil. I just can't bring myself to finish things with Steve. I just don't know how he'll react when he finds out that I'm having an affair with his brother. It'll destroy him; I just hope that Steve won't decide to take his anger out on Phil. It would break my heart if he did go after Phil. I can't lose Phil, I've already made that mistake once, I won't make it again.

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