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It was ages since Morgan had been so relaxed Of course, the entire bottle of wine she’d finishedto do with it Or maybe it was just the fact that, for a few hours, she pushed aside her pathetic life to enjoy being with, what appeared to her to be, a normal family

She didn’t think about her father and his drinking, or the fact that he’d given up on living long before she’d coistics of living in the sa to react when she eventually ran into them And she would No way that could be avoided

She didn’t dwell on any of it

Instead, she let herself fall under the spell that was Charlie and Maverick Their love for each other was palpable It was a living, breathing thing that perle one of them in a piece of their happiness

It was in the soft touches, the shared sht no one else saw But Morgan did She saw all of it right up until they left to go hoood-bye to his mother, Maverick slid his hand across Charlie’s belly and bent low to plant a kiss there Right where their child grew An ache blooan, and she turned away

“I hope I see you again” Isabel san “And I’m so sorry we’ve no rooan saw that For soan had so on

She couldn’t have beennice She’d seen the look on his face when he saw the scars on her arm It was the same look she’d seen ust She didn’t blaly as hell

Cooper ushered his fa the little guy’s hair, while Morgan retreated to the kitchen, tossing the empty wine bottle into the recycle container under the kitchen sink Dalass, she’d be able to drive hoood to go

She’d even called Hank for a ride but got his voice iven up at that point There was no one else

She wandered over to theand stared out at the blackness beyond The sky was littered with a blanket of stars, and was that a… Morgan winced, angling her head for a better look, a soft s star arced across the night sky She watched it until it disappeared

“I feel like a fire”

She jumped at the sound of Cooper’s voice and turned around to face him His expression was unreadable, and he e fireplace took up nearly an entire wall Stanley padded along behind him and flopped onto one of his beds, this one next to the heat Cooper tossed hiot busy

Feeling an stretched, but with no other option than a fire, she made her way across the room

She slid onto the sofa and settled herself into the corner, watching Cooper as he stoked the fire The Henley he as thin and did nothing to hide his broad shoulders andshe’d seen pretty much all of him, did it really matter if it did?

Naked Cooper did funny things to her Don’t think of naked Cooper