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The couch was coood temperature but she was at turns hot and then cold Her pilloasn’t working

Morgan had started snoring again in less than two minutes and Elle forced herself to relax She wasn’t sure exactly when her fantasies beca over her body, the touch of his s while he’d stroked and kissed her

She woke up and blinked blearily at the low light of dawn peeking in the bedrooht up and stared down at Archer His eyes were closed and he looked quite relaxed and comfortable

And shirtless

She peeked under the covers and found him in knit boxers

"If you wanted to look at hened voice

"Why am I in your bed? How a and turning andno sleep either, so I brought you in here"

Where clearly she’d proceeded to sleep like the living dead

"And that wasn’tin on your life either It washer up too"

She aze, which wasn’t a but dark, war a nant

"You okay?" he asked softly

"Yes" It was her ready-made answer but she paused and drew a deep breath "Maybe" She paused again "Archer?"

"Yeah?"

"If I adht?"

"Yeah, babe I’ve got you" He tugged her into hi her eyes as his arms closed around her

"What is it with us?" she hed softly

"How is that a funny question?"

"Because I try very hard to always knohat I’ it here, Elle I have no idea e’re doing but one thing I’ain"

She waited for her heart to hit her toes but it didn’t happen There was no panic No anxiety In fact, she feltwarm Safe

Secure "This is just another of those te the hell away froet"

"I wouldn’t think of it"

Archer loved waking up with Elle in his arht that he’d held her close with an inti and he thought he wouldn’t le day of his life

All he had to do was convince her of that, but he orking on it, one brick of the wall around her heart at a ti was a serious eye opener in other ways too Turned out that sharing a bathroo

They spent forty-five minutes in there Each By the time they finally cleared it for hi for the first time in his life