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If Cooper was shocked by her story, he didn’t show it Instead, he inched closer So close she could see his thick, sooty lashes, the subtle flair of his nostrils That damn dimple that had appeared from nowhere

“Later that night, unable to live hat he’d just done, the killing of his wife and unborn child, he cliht of the hts you can see his ghost wandering the edge of the bluff, searching for his wife and child Others claihthouse Always searching for his wife and never finding her”

Cooper was silent, and Morgan stared up at hiorgeous eyes of his all the more intense because of it

“You have a knack for storytelling”

She licked her dry lips “Apparently, so do you” She frowned, thinking back to their previous conversation He hadn’t told her anything about his writing career, not really There was still so much about thisfor ed even closer So close now, she felt the warmth of his breath on her cheek

She froze, all senses on high alert because the look on his face made her insides quake

“Don’t” One si but It was edged with so dark and sinful and wicked

“Don’t what?” she et out

“No ”

Her skin felt electrified, as if the sun was sending down little shock waves that sparked against her flesh

“I thought you liked talking,” she replied, tongue darting out to moisten her lips

“I do,” he said roughly, planting hiht now there’re other things ona hell of a lot ”

She knehere they were headed, and God help her, at thedown a dangerous road, and chances were it would coht now all she could focus on was how good it felt to be responsible for the look on Cooper Simon’s face

“Other things” She sed, dragging her gaze from his mouth

He held her gaze a heartbeat longer and then bent lower “Things I’ve been thinking about all ”