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Angie curled her ars around Cole She burrowed her head into his neck as he drove into her She felt his desperation The wildness poured through him Cole let out a hoarse cry as he pulsed in her He thrust one last time before he sank onto her

Angie welcoht and his heat She welcomed hio

13

ANGIE WOKE UP with a start She looked around, her heart pounding The room was shadowy and quiet It took her a second to realize that she was in Cole’s office She was on the sofa with a soft fleece tucked around her

She noticed her dress was lying still cruone “Cole?” she called out She waited but there was no response

Slowly sitting up, Angie glanced at the s The shades were pulled down but she could tell by the shadows that it et and gloomy outside She looked at the clock in the office and saw that it was early

Where was Cole? She glanced at the closed door It felt wrong waking up alone She was used to rising in the earlyout of bed, unwilling to break apart

Don’t think about that That is in the past, Angie reminded herself And she wouldn’t read in to Cole’s absence, either It wasn’t a big deal

She wiggled into the bandage dress Great, she thought as she coht the one tiets to do the walk of shame

I’ve done nothing to be ashaht as she scooped up her shoes She made love to Cole because she wanted to She loved hiht she felt closer to him than ever before

Damn She was still in love with him She had been prepared to break it off because he wouldn’t let her get close But last night gave her hope He opened up and trusted her with his most painful secret

Angie looked at the framed print of the faine what Cole went through She wanted to take that pain away and carry it for hi and patience

She wasn’t sure what her next ie suspected that Cole would feel aith her He’d revealed so she said to him would make him believe he wasn’t responsible for his parents’ desertion He’d left her a year ago because he thought it had only been ato leave him

And she alht He knew it, too Otherwise he wouldn’t have told her about his past She knew she had to show hi to leave Not now, not when she finally understood why he was so private and why he kept pushing her away He aiting for her to see him as too much trouble and break up with him