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And then she was gone

"You do toothis too," Elle said

"You do plenty for me in return"

"Such as?" she asked

"Keep me human"

She looked a little stunned at the admission and he couldn’t say he didn’t feel the same He stood up, dropped some money into Tina’s tip jar, and then pulled Elle out of the shop He tugged her past the fountain and into Old Man Eddie’s alley, thankful to find it eainst the brick wall and kissed her It was a relentless need, driven by worry for her safety, by the strange sensations in his chest that flooded hi need to wrap her up in his ar to have the saht and deepened the kiss When her tongue touched his, her taste invaded his senses and he lost his mind a little bit He wanted to eat her up Every inch of her

She pulled away breathless, shaking her head as if to clear it, laughter glinting in her blue eyes "Trying to kiss soled in his hair

"Trying to kiss so ht?"

"Of course," she said

"So can you try to understand that I have the same need for you?"

She studied hier down the curve of her cheek, across her lips, and down her throat, absorbing her shiver with his body "Is that a yes, you’ll let me keep you safe?"

"Yes, I’ll try not to kill you while you do"

She was playing, but he wasn’t Couldn’t He cupped her face "Tellall that steadily, she nodded "I do Just as you should understand that if there’s any dirt on my backside from this alley wall, you owe ht Elle stared at the L-shaped couch in Archer’s living roo honest with herself, she didn’t want to even bother with the pretense of getting ready to sleep on it

Once again, Archer was in the shower Morgan was on the couch, watching her with a knowing smirk

"Shut up," Elle said, and she stalked into Archer’s bedroo the door harder than strictly necessary

She cliot under the war his scent deeply God, he s If she could bottle it, she’dshe’d lain there drifting on that thought when she realized she wasn’t alone in the rooot happy, she knew exactly who’d joined her

Chapter 22

HashtagGettingLucky

Archer stopped short at the sight of Elle facedown on his bed, apparently trying to inhale his pillow She froze as if sensing him, and rolled onto her back