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She eyed hi in that jacket Why don’t you leave it in the car?”

“I’m fine”

“Don’t you possess sweat glands?” she asked a little disgusted, because he did look fine He wasn’t sweating, even though the terees

He stared back at her iht line, jaw all clenched and

She rolled her eyes

“Seriously, Ty, seeing you in that jacket is literally giving me sympathy sweats”

His brow knotted and he shook his head in disgust, before taking hold of Vicki’s elbow to turn her back toward the car He placed her between hied out of the jacket Vicki bit back a rance—less subtle than usual because of the heat—enveloped her

Ty fiddled with the jacket for aher the boutonnière He unlocked the car with a click of the fob, and yanked the back door open to carelessly toss the jacket inside He took the boutonnière back and stared at it for a moment, clearly at a loss as to what to do with it now

Vicki swept her eyes over the broad expanse of his white shirted chest She took the sprig of flowers from him and tentatively reached out to smooth the fabric over his breast pocket

Don’t linger, she warned herself, while doing exactly that, enjoying the heat and hardness beneath her palainst the car, and as the thud of his heart increased its pace beneath her fingertips, he took the smallest step toward her She should feel crowded, but she didn’t, she felt…safe And turned on, always so turned on by his proxi with his heartbeat, and her hand slid down his chest, finding the ridges of his abdoroan? She couldn’t be sure The sound was so animalistic it made her knees quiver

“What are you doing?” The question was neither a grunt nor a groan It was a growl, and it sent gooseflesh shivering down her spine

“I-I…” What was she doing? Affixing the boutonnière to his shirt That had been her intention But her hand hadn’t received the e Because it was lost in soroin And it was drifting further and further south, toward the erection she had watched stir and grow in response to her audacious petting

“Stop” His voice was unequivocal, and his hand trapped hers against his flat stomach