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The thought pulled him up short, and he frowned

He needed to dial back this shit And yet… The look in Morgan’s eyes stirred so hot and fierce It felt like his skin was pulled too tight, leaving hiitated and ramped up

He took a few extra seconds, running his hands over his face and rolling his shoulders “Get it together,” he ut What the hell? This was Morgan Aside from the fact she worked for him, he wasn’t even sure she liked him all that much

He needed to get laid End of story

As soon as Easter was over and his ht have to take off for a few days and hook up with one of his go-to girls, but hell, a few days of lost ould be worth it It had been a long, dry stretch, and it was tiht

Decision made, Cooper exhaled and headed down the stairs

As he approached the kitchen, he slowed and then stopped just in the doorway, leaning against the doorfraan was scrubbing potatoes at the sink, hu sat at her feet, tail waggingintently to Morgan while he waited patiently for soan finished the potato in her hand and then reached for so on the counter—a biscuit by the looks of it

She tossed it in Stanley’s waitinghis eyes fro soft Long tendrils of hair had come loose from her ponytail They curled around her collarbone, and he followed the for the first tie sweatshirt or a cardigan or that god-awful green sweater she’d worn the first day at the church social Hell, even the top she’d worn on St Patrick’s Day had pretty much covered her up

Right now, a plain white T-shirt clung to curves that, in Cooper’s opinion, should never be covered up Yoga pants (every a pants) cupped a sweetly curved ass, and showed off toned, athletic legs

That ball of heat in his gut intensified as she bent over andto Stanley Cooper should have announced his arrival at that point, but considering she’d caught hiured they were even

Besides, he was enjoying this soft, open, and happy side of Morgan

She washed her hands at the sink and turned the other way to grab another potato, when Cooper’s gaze narrowed and everything in hiht arm was puckered and horribly scarred From what he could see, it started fro upward, disappeared beneath her T-shirt and reappeared at the crook of her neck

It was unexpected, and Cooper was still looking at the scars when she straightened and glanced up at him Shit

Her smile slowly faded, as did the softness in her face, while her gazeover the side of one of the tall stools

Stanley barked, and she ju a few feet back while Cooper walked into the kitchen She scooped up her sweater, which he pretended not to notice, and then he walked over to the sink