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He pulled back just enough that he was able to turn ripped his shoulders My eyes met his and held A heartbeat passed as he stared down at led and then he pressed in between e sound rose fro

"Me?" He lowered his forehead to ht sinful roll "I can--"

Sharp bright light cut through the sky above us, wrangling a gasp out of htened, and a moment later thunder boomed so loudly it felt like it rattled my bones

"Ohiet out of the pool before we’re fried"

I so was not going to dispute that

We scrarab my dress just as the sky ripped open and cold rain pounded down, causingpuddles

Neither of us said anything as we stared at each other in the chilled air of the house, soaking and dripping wet, but there was nothing that needed to be said The truth lay in the open between us

Everything had changed

Chapter 9

Tanner

We stared at each other as the thunderstor so loud it rattled the s The storled from where I’d touched her, and her cheeks were flushed, eyes still shining with bliss

Dao to her, but she stumbled a step back and hastily drew the dress on over her head Once she had it situated, she sed hard as she looked out the s Rain pounded the deck "God," she said, voice scratchy "Syd and Kyler are out there in this"

"They’ll be okay Kyler will make sure of that"

She cast me a quick look over her shoulder The passion had faded froaze, replaced by a keen wariness "So will Syd She can take care of herself"

"I didn’t say that she couldn’t" I scrubbed rabbed a towel that had been left on the back of a bar stool I soaked up as much water as I could and then dropped the towel on the puddle I’d created The dress Andrea as soaking up the wetness and clinging to her curves in a way that made hty stuff