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Shock froze me to the spot “You do?”

“When you shut her out, she ca her up to date on your life over the years I wasn’t trying to betray you, Jess I was justShe loves you She misses you”

Tears clogged my throat “My God,” I whispered “I’ve been such a fool”

“You were scared She understands that”

“Will youwill you text me her number?”

“Right away”

And he did But I didn’t call Theresa immediately I had to build , then I dropped by Paul Duggan’s office to sub around Cooper’s Well, technically, I was hanging around my and Cooper’s place

Cooper and Jessica’s place

It had a great ring to it

Lying on the couch, reading a book, trying to stay awake until Cooper caht about how s for hi

I’d been in love with him before

But nohat I felt was so powerful it was a little overwhel There had not been a second of the day that I hadn’t thought about hiood butterflies in my belly

At the sound of a car pulling into the drive I sat up, waiting in surprise as I heard the heavy footfalls that belonged to a tall, rugged, flannel-wearing, blue-eyed guy

I grinned as Cooper stepped inside the house

He stopped at the sight ofjust to drink me in

“You’re home early,” I said softly

Cooper walked toward nized the heat in his eyes “Got Riley to cover again”

I felt that fale between , did you?” I whispered

His ansas to take hold ofus up the stairs and into his bedroom He spun around and I couldn’t even speak, I was that lust dazed already, as he stripped off his clothes and then cae to whisper his name

And then Cooper shoved ht out of ot on the bed and settled his knees on either side of my waist I looked up at him and in that moment he was my entire world

The heat in Cooper’s eyes flared to tenderness as if I’d said what I was thinking out loud Hands braced on the raze his lips over er, sweeter Kisses that dissolved everything else around us, until ere just lips and breath and love And that love sparked what it always had between us:

Passion

I gripped Cooper’s waist as the kiss turned rough, breathless, desperate; I sighed into his mouth with pleasure as his erection stroked my belly His lips drifted fro kisses across my chin, down ry, as though it had been h it had been years

I held on, caressing hismy hands up into the silk of his hair

When that hot mouth of his closed around ainst hied hi for more as he lickeder and thumb

“Cooper,” I ht

He lifted his head, watching ainstoff sparks of sensation I whied

He groaned and dipped his head again, lickinghow sensitive I was there As he continued to suck and tease and torhten in my lower belly

I was panting hard, runt with desire, and the noise vibrated against asped

But Cooper wasn’t donelove to every inch ofwet kisses over ue acrosshis destination was my clit

He kissedand treht as he lapped at me

I lost htened inside of ainst his mouth momentarily as I balanced on the precipice of explosion

And then one more lick

Over the edge I went as ainst his mouth until I was limp with satisfaction

Satisfaction

The word just didn’t suffice for how ive me

Cooper moved back up ht into his He had his hands braced on either side of my head, his lower body pressed to mine

I ain at the love in his eyes Soth to draw hiry, as I tasted ue

I broke the kiss before he did, eager to love hiainst his shoulder and pushed him onto his back Lust flared in Cooper’s eyes as he lay back on the bed fortoward his belly I needed it insideto enjoy him froze me to the spot “You do?”