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“Oh, Aave her sta before I’d ever met you” Taylor’s eyes widened at how cold the water was Her skin goose-bu from?”

Jack chuckled “This is fed fro about a mile froet used to it and it’ll feel good in this heat”

The water te sunshine, but Jack was right in that the longer she was in the water, the more she adjusted to the temperature

A step ahead of her, Jack stopped walking, let go of her hand, and bent down to study the water in a semi-shallow spot where the creek bed was readily visible

“Tellto see what he was looking at and not spotting anything She took a step back, just in case

“No, but it is possible we ht see one If we do, just don’t panic Odds are it’ll be more scared of you than you are of hirinned “No worries, Taylor If anything tries to bother you, I’ll rescue you”

“Yeah, yeah, but who’s going to rescue me from you?”

He waggled his brows “You have all the pohere I’m concerned”

“What’s that mean?”

“That whatever you say goes That’s why I haven’t pushed this past week Nothing will happen between us until you give the word that you’re ready”

She was still pondering his comment when he reached down in the water and scooped up so with his hands

So that was alive

“Don’t throw that at ive you”

“I won’t but come and see”

Taylor carefully made her way across the rocky creek bottom to stare into Jack’s cupped hands