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Cooper gave ain “Doc, you do what you do and you can’t say it?”

I grinned because it seemed impossible not to when he s sex, only sex, but sexual amy”

“You’re fucking”

My cheeks turned hot and I was suddenly glad for the darkness of the sky “Yes”

He contemplated me for about thirty seconds And that thirty seconds felt like a really long time

“I better get ho a step back

He nodded slowly “I’ you”

“You don’t have to”

“No arguments”

And since his tone brooked no argument, I didn’t Instead I fell into step beside him, completely and totally aware of him Before the kiss I’d been aware of his see, hot, and pliant In other words it was ready for sex

My mind, however, was in a whole mess of confusion

If that kiss was anything to go by, sex with Cooper had the potential to be the greatest sex ever But CooperCooper was a bad idea He was a no-shades-of-gray guy At least it seemed that way

There was that

There was Andrew

Plus, I didn’t want a relationship so I didn’t want to complicate the situation here

So far I loved Hartwell What if I wanted to coht stand with Cooper Lawson that s very aard between us And he was Bailey’s friend The aardness could bleed into my friendship with her I didn’t want that!

“I can practically hear youramused

“It is not,” I argued “I’”

“Right” He shot me a look out of the corner of his eye “Tired? After that kiss?”

I narrowed aze “Aren’t we cocky”

He s ahead as alked down the beach toward the inn “I know a fantastic kiss when I share one with someone”

My insides wentbetween us, too No! I wasn’t Dah”

Cooper threw his head back in laughter “Right You keep telling yourself that, Doc”

I decided fro to him only confused me more

The silence was thick with sexual tension as we made our way back up onto the boardwalk near the inn Every time his arnals to les down hs

It was ridiculous!

“I can take it from here,” I said, my voice a little hoarse with desire

Cooper’s eyes swung to my face There was a sudden tautness to his features, like he knew exactly what I was feeling, and was frustrated by it By me

That became clearer when he seemed to shake his head in irritation and continued on to the inn He walked ht he placed two hands on the door byme

I sucked in a breath, not sure I would stop hi what the hell that was about

Cooper leaned in, his war across my lips “This isn’t over, Doc”

And before I could reply to that, he jerked away fro off the porch and away from the inn

I stared after him, in shock

Oh boy

How the hell was I supposed to resist te irresistible?

TEN

Jessica

It was fair to say that I was pretty worked up by the ti and I had no other choice but to take care of myself

Unfortunately, I couldn’t even control e of Cooper Lawson thrusting inside of me

My sleep after that was fitful and I woke up in the early hours of therestless and unsettled, I showered and dressed, deciding to take a cal walk on the beach Kind of like the walk I’d intended to have the previous night before Cooper showed up with the intention of kissing me

That was hot

And romantic

Just appearing like that and pulling me into his arms

Nothing like that had ever happened to me before

No! Stop! Not romantic Not hot!

Liar

I groaned atconfusion over the situation as I departed from the inn

The beach was quiet In fact, I could see only one wo way up ahead

As I strolled along the shoreline,an to relax again

My gaze was fixed on the ocean because there was so brought my head around

I saw the golden retriever bounding away fro toward a man who’d appeared around the bend in the beach He was running along the shoreline I s, kneeling down to his haunches to pet and play with the animal

Soot, the faster my heart started to thump in my chest

He looked up as the dog’s owner jogged over to him

Shit