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“No, thank you Coffee is good”

“Okay Just give ”

Morgan glanced at her watch Nathan would be here at any moment She peeked around the corner of the booth, eyes on the door, and her stomach turned over when it opened It wasn’t Nathan, and the relief that flooded her ood idea after all

She stared at her coffee cup, her thoughts frag from her father to Cooper to Nathan and Christy When the hell had things gotten so coirl stuck in limbo, all of a sudden there was a hell of a lot of h to handle it all?

“Hey”

She jerked her head up, fingers hitting the edge of her coffee cup, and if Nathan hadn’t grabbed it, the blue cera would have ended up on the floor Heart in her throat, she felt a wave of heat rush over her at about the same time her stomach took a tumble

Nathan’s dark eyes stared down at her as he slowly pushed the cup back in front of her His dark hair was still wet, as if he’d coht from the shower, and his jaas shadowed, just like always Dressed casually in slacks, a white dress shirt, and a charcoal-gray spring coat, he was obviously on his way to work

He slid into the booth across from her, and for a few seconds, neither one of them spoke Nathan placed his hands on the table, hands that used to belong to her Hands she used to hold She stared at theer, not really sure how she felt about that

“You look great, Morgan” He spoke hesitantly, as if unsure how to proceed

She didn’t answer hi about the things her father had said this s her sister Sara had said a few days earlier And she realized so Didn’t want to dance around the elephant between them

“Why did you want to see aze direct

He looked surprised at her question Orsince she’d had the balls to say as on her es, actually

“I thought we should talk”

“Why?”

“I…” Hemore than a little uncoling for the right words She was only too happy to help him