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“Who did this?” he asked, gently, so gently, gliding the pad of his thumb over the scar on my jaw.
"Someone from my past."
He drew a deep breath, and I braced for the third degree.
“Strongest woman I know,” he murmured, and I wished I’d gone through with our pretend date.”
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"Someone from my past."
He drew a deep breath, and I braced for the third degree.
“Strongest woman I know,” he murmured, and I wished I’d gone through with our pretend date.”
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“This would come back to bite me in the ass, but it wasn’t going to stop me from asking out the first woman who’d fascinated me in way too long. Me, the guy who hadn’t been able to access his emotions in an even longer time.
What could possibly go wrong? Only everything…”
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What could possibly go wrong? Only everything…”
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“He was leaning against the doorjamb, posture relaxed and easy, commanding the room with a confidence I couldn’t have managed on my best day.”
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“With a breathless laugh, I leaned into him again. “Tell me if I hurt you.”
“You won’t.”
Guy code for: he’d die before admitting to it. “I mean it,” I said. “I don’t want to make this too hard.”
“Too late,” he quipped.
We were both laughing when I touched my mouth to his.”
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“You won’t.”
Guy code for: he’d die before admitting to it. “I mean it,” I said. “I don’t want to make this too hard.”
“Too late,” he quipped.
We were both laughing when I touched my mouth to his.”
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“Come here, Wonder Woman.” His eyes, heated now to a near molten gold, never left mine as he slid a hand into the hair at my nape and pressed his mouth— God, his hot mouth— over the still fresh scar just under my jaw.”
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“I straightened and a cheese puff fell out of my shirt.
We both stared at it. “Well, that’s not embarrassing at all,” I muttered.
Ryder grinned.”
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We both stared at it. “Well, that’s not embarrassing at all,” I muttered.
Ryder grinned.”
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“I love being with you.” His voice was a low rumble of words from his chest to mine, and something deep inside me shifted into place, almost like I was a puzzle, one that had been missing a key piece for a very long time.
And that piece was him.”
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And that piece was him.”
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“This would come back to bite me in the ass, but it wasn’t going to stop me from asking out the first woman who’d fascinated me in way too long. Me, the guy who hadn’t been able to access his emotions in an even longer time.”
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“I’m going inside. To put on my toolbelt and get all dirty and sweaty. You know where to find me if you need anything.” And then he sauntered in the house.
Ugh, he was so smug. And … and I couldn’t stop smiling, so ridiculously comforted that this thing between us, whatever it was, wouldn’t stop just because I was a chicken shit.”
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Ugh, he was so smug. And … and I couldn’t stop smiling, so ridiculously comforted that this thing between us, whatever it was, wouldn’t stop just because I was a chicken shit.”
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