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"We’ll tell you e’re ready," Cole bit out

The man’s eyebrows rose "Oh, I’ I need to take care of Excusearea in the corner of the room

"You scared him," she said

"I don’t care about him I care about you"

Her stomach fluttered He cared about her?

Oh my

"You’re overwhelmed"

No question, he was athat needed to be said

"Who wouldn’t be?"

Before she knew it, he had pulled her onto his lap "I don’t want to hurt you, Anna"

He was so big and warainst her chest, her hands And when she was close to hi became so much clearer

He hadn’t forced her to come here He’d sireed

Because, for the first time in her life, she wanted to see what it felt like to really live

"You’re not hurting ize"

"Good," he said in that low, rough voice of his that heated her up beyond reason,

"because I’d rather kiss you" And then hisup like the Fourth of July

"Sweet," he ar"

Her body ached to get closer to his, to shift so that she wasn’t sitting sideways across his legs, but straddling him instead

When he finally let her up for air, she had to say, "You taste good, too"