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Fear clutched at her, and she ive way Felt cool air on her skin Felt his fingers in her hair, loosening her ponytail until he et it undone

He moved closer still—she felt the heat froue when his hands slid to her face and then to her neck Her stoht-headed And so damn scared

No one had touched her there in years Not since the hospital Not since the endless skin grafts Not since Nathan

She couldn’t feel a thing, not surprising considering the nerve dae, and her knees wobbled a bit when he leaned close “A you?”

She shook her head because she couldn’t answer, and when his hands cupped her face, she held her breath Uncertain Afraid Weirdly excited Cooper Siliness that was a part of her He’d touched it And yet he still held her

Warm breath fanned her cheeks, and her lashes fluttered She wanted to open them To look and see for herself as reflected inside him But she couldn’t because she was too afraid

When his htened and her knees knocked together Her hands fisted his shirt, and she leaned into hi arainst his chest

At first his kiss was tentative It was a light tongue A nip to the corner of her ainst her cheek But then he shifted, and she felt his hardness, even as sos

Cooper Siood Lord, but the ressive and yet restrained He was hard and soft He was everything in that an that was painful, a need that had her drowning in a kiss that wouldn’t stop

It beca until he had to let her go

Cooper was breathing hard, his face intense She moved back a few steps and clutched at the ends of her sweater

“I…” She had to take a few extra seconds because she needed to calo”

Morgan didn’t give Cooper a chance to say anything She turned and headed for the foyer, grabbing her coat from the rack as she slid her feet into her boots

“Are you sure you’re okay to drive?”

She nodded and didn’t bother turning around She opened the door and hurried out into the night Only when she was in the car did she look up at the house Cooper’s silhouette filled the doorway as she cranked the engine