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She sobers and turns to me, presses her body to mine, from her chest to her knees, and loops her ar up athonest, sweetness"

She shivers as ainst hers Finally, I nibble to the corner of her ins to play a country duet I slowly begin to sway back and forth, unable to stop myself

Lo’s body was ainst , I can’t help but move my body with hers

"You must love to dance," she murmurs softly

"I never cared about it either way until you Now I can’t seeainst et to sex with our clothes on" I grin down at her Her face is bathed inher eyes and hair shine, and I’ beautiful in e," Lo whispers against ives herself up to the song

"Don’t you wanna stay here a little while?" The words float around us, and for now, on this bridge, in thisme

No, I don’t want to stay here a little while I want to stay forever

Chapter Thirteen

LAUREN

I wake to loud banging and pounding co hiet in!"

"What?" He scowls as he jumps from the bed and pulls his sweats up over his naked hips, then pins ing out the door and down the stairs

I get out of bed and pull onmy shirt over my head when he saunters back in the roo in?"

"No, sweetness" He pullsfixed"

"Oh, thank God" I slidedown to make coffee"

"I’ll jump in the shower and meet you down there"

Ten ainst the countertop, scowling as hah my mudroom door

"How am I supposed to concentrate like this?" Another buzz saw sounds as lass, as Ty walks into the kitchen It’s now Friday, two days past when the ere supposed to be finished, but because the glass was late co in, and theframes needed to be redone, a crew couldn’t come out until today

Four days before my deadline

"Go in your office, baby" Ty kissesof coffee "Put your headphones on and ignore them They should be done later today"

"I don’t write with headphones on," I pout I know I’ ridiculous, but I can’t help it "Why did this have to happen so close to my deadline?"

"I don’t knohy you’re worried," Ty responds calmly "You’ll finish on time"

"We hope," I s delicious lawyer and his friends to devote the tiorous, but it’s always been eable because I’ve never had this many distractions to deal with