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His low chuckle ru”

“No, you’re not”

Another soft laugh “No I’m not”

We fell silent for several minutes I stared out the e turned off I-17 and headed toward Sedona I hadn’t even realized it’d started to rain

I gave a half snort Figures

“What’s so funny?”

“Nothing It’s not really funny at all It’s just … We’re driving through another shower and I didn’t even notice until now” Even though the rain pinged against the roof

A hint of anxiety encroached on low I slipped fro downI stuffed it intoopen The sight of all that s by far My hands burned to touch hiain

He scowled, apparently not liking the distance I’d just put between us “We’re still twenty minutes away from your townhome”

“You knohere I live?”

“Résumé,” he simply said

“Right”

“So, what’s the problem?”

In other words, why couldn’t I handleceases to exist sometimes when I’m with you It’s like people, the rain, it all melts away and there’s just … you”

His brow crooked “And that’s a bad thing?”