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Natalie resisted the urge to squirobble her up in one swift bite and slay dragons for her all at the same time

It was a heady, very confusing expression, and her head spun as she watched him approach her table

Not bothering with ordering a coffee of his own, he came over, sat down and s through her

If anything, more tension thrummed to life

“What?” she asked, setting her phone on the table She’d read the sa to read a dozen times and still couldn’t tell what it said

Why was she staring into his s he was too handso that she’d held that face, kissed that face, woken up to that face just a couple of months before?

“Thinking how lucky I am that you’re really here I wasn’t sure you would be”

Her nervousness , Natalie rolled her eyes “Cut it with the corny comments”

“Nothing corny about telling a beautiful wo with her”

Heat flooded her cheeks They shouldn’t be here Shouldn’t be having this conversation “What are we doing, Matthew?”

His pale blue eyes twinkled “Having coffee?”

“You don’t have coffee”

He glanced down in front of him at the empty table as if her announcement was news to him “Would it make you feel better if I ordered a drink?”

Her heart beat wildly in her chest, pounding against her ribcage, beating her logic into submission “This is crazy”

He leaned across the table, his gaze holding hers with an intensity thattime is always crazy A very oo”