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"Does that work for you?" he asked

All she could do was nod

He flashed her a so"

She’d never h from Spence, whom she raced to his truck

Chapter 23

HairyMonkeyButts

Spence walked Colbie to her apartn of hesitation, he’d walk away He’d go upstairs and bury himself in his office

And not inside her body

But as she dipped her head to her purse, ruether and she stilled, closing her eyes for a beat, like she was trying to remember the feel of him for later

He’d known the first time he’d ever laid eyes on her, drenched in the fountain, that he was going to have to hold back with her That he couldn’t let her in That she deserved so ive Just as he’d known that if he ever ed to step away fro that had ever made him happy

And if that wasn’t an epiphany all in itself

Colbieout a ot her door open, she stepped inside and grabbed his hand, dragging hi her door closed Then she pushed hi the move he’d pulled on her the last time they’d been in this very spot

And God, when she looked at hioner She’d offered him her friendship Her body

And he’d taken both

He wanted to keep them both And he also wanted more, so much more He wanted her damn heart, like she had his

"About your plan," she whispered against his lips She was on tiptoe, her hands gliding up his shoulders and into his hair

"What about it?" His hands were just as busy, burrowing beneath the sexy sweater that had been driving hi

"Were you all talk?" sheto back it up with so with show instead of tell, he hoisted her up into his arms and, with her wrapped around him, walked to her bed "Betteron a pillow

The cat sniffed in disdain but did indeed hop down "Good kitty," he said and tossed Colbie down on the mattress

Before she’d soher in close It felt good, holding her like this Folded together so intimately in the quiet haven of her apartment, where no one else existed

"Meow"

Except the cat "Go prowling," Spence told her "We’re going to need some privacy"

"True story," Colbie said and then reared up to nibble on Spence’s neck

He inhaled sharply and Colbie stilled "Did that hurt?"