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“Yeah, it’s getting cold”

They threay their garbage and headed back to the car

In the driveway, he bent down and captured her ues dueled, and she cupped his neck She tilted her head, deepening the kiss Theyher through her T-shirt, and she returned the favor, circling his nipples with her fingernail They broke apart, breathing heavily

“Are you co in?” she said

“Do you even have to ask?”

She woke in the ht and sat up in bed A soundher breathing as she strained The light thu his skepticis earlier I’ll find proof Tossing the covers back, she cli the hallway for anything abnorht Heaviness filled the air,it hard to breathe An icy blast of air brushed across the back of her neck She spun around A crash ca area and saw soray pass her in the hallway out of the corner of her eye Rooted to the spot like a tree, she held her breath

“What’s going on?” Pierce’s concern-filled voice broke the semi paralysis

“I don’t know So fell in the kitchen”

He stalked to the island and ben

t down, co up with a pot in his hand “It must’ve fallen off the hook”

She glanced up at the rack The rest of the pots and pans still swayed

“We must’ve had a low-level earthquake,” Pierce said

“Yeah Sorry, you got woken up “

“Not your fault” Pierce placed the pot in the sink “Coo back to bed”