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Mara turned at the sound of the door opening again This time it was Harrison, but his expression was unreadable He hadn’t left her side in the past couple days, but he’d also flat out refused to talk about their future She understood that he didn’t want to talk about anything when she was healing frounshot wound and in the hospital, but herovertime What if he just wanted to wait until she was healed to end things? Her heart seized at that thought, but she pasted on a smile for her husband If she only had a limited amount of time with him, she wanted to make it count

Chapter 12

Mara slowly lifted her left ar when she became uncomfortable She wasn’t in pain, but she’d been careful not to move her arm too much and her muscles were stiff It was too soon to tell if she’d have pere, but she had decental her bandage and wrapping up the area when she showered, but she’d

With her right hand she towel dried her hair then wrapped a fluffy white towel around herself instead of putting on her robe, picked up her comb and went in search of Harrison

The past week he’d been incredibly caring and had been working fronths to care for her--including bringing her breakfast in bed, co her hair the first few days, and a whole lot of other little things that didn’t go unnoticed--he’d also been distant Not overtly, but he was almost too polite with her The way someone would be with an acquaintance That hurt way h the hallway, she heard Harrison talking on the phone before she saw hiently pushed it aside and stepped in

Sprawled in the chair behind his desk he wore a dark blue cable knit sweater she’d bought for him With his head tilted to the side in his free hand, the phone against his ear, he looked bored and adorable

The htened His dark eyes scanned her with unrepentant need as he took her in froe that he still desired her was a soothing balm to her senses Just as quickly, his expression shuttered He held up a finger and mouthed that he’d only be anotherthe towel frole-inally coh she could do it by herself now Seeing hi it with one she knew she should wait on, but si as they took things slow Even with her injury, she’d been so hot for hi care of herher nipples as she walked completely bare to him

His eyes ide as he watched her skirt around his desk He still held the phone to his ear, but she had a feeling he wasn’t listening to a word being said She hadn’t attee because at this point she didn’t need one The stitches holding the wound were al

As she rounded his desk, he swiveled in his chair, still watching her everyinside him and she wanted to wipe away any doubt he had She’d screwed up big ti her past from him She knew that and she also knew she needed to see a counselor Considering she’d been co stuff since she was a kid, she probably should have talked to soht for her e and if she had to play dirty to do it, she would She loved Harrison and wouldn’t let hi herself to hiht now made her feelhim her backside, she moved his laptop to the side Behind her, she heard hiled sound She bit back a smile and moved his other paperwork to the side in a neat pile Then she turned back to his, she placed a foot on either arm of his chair His eyes turned sht have been nervous about his reception of her like this, but he definitely still wanted her She just hoped there was more to it than physical need

"I’ll call you back," he rasped to whoever was on the other line and blindly slaaze zeroed in on the juncture between her thighs for a moment before his calloused hands landed on her knees Slowly, he slid the as if he needed to force hi?"

"You really need me to explain?" Mara felt more exposed than she ever had at that rily eyed her

She sed hard and slid off the desk Straddling him, she settled over his hips and wasn’t surprised when she felt his erection pushing against her "Do you still want ers wrapped around her hips in a possessive htly underneath her "What do you think?" Hunger flared in the dark depths of his gaze

"I think we still haven’t talked about our future" They’d learned a lot this past week about Perdue including how he’d figured out where the shelter was--she was disabling any future vehicle GPS systems because of it--her forency hadto Perdue She was sure there were one forever and would never terrorize another wo her recovery she and Harrison had talked about everything under the sun except their future