1503935035 by Terri Osburn

Author:Terri Osburn [Osburn, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503935037
Published: 2016-05-16T18:30:00+00:00

Cooper Ridgeway was one hell of a kisser. And damn sturdy, too. Haleigh had never been swept off her feet, literally, and enjoyed the experience immensely. Of course, the man doing the sweeping had something to do with that.

He tasted like a head rush and felt like a Mack truck. She could hold on to his broad shoulders all night, and considered doing just that. To think, she could have been taking this ride long before now.

As if trying to drive her crazy, Cooper kept slowing the tempo. Sliding from full throttle to idle with annoying control, and drawing her body tighter by the second. Desperate for skin, she tugged hard on the ends of his shirt and heard the satisfying ping of buttons popping. With the shirt open, she explored the hard body beneath the material, dragging a gratifying groan from Cooper’s lips. The sound emanated from deep in his chest, sending dizzying vibrations through her fingertips.

“You’re perfect,” she said, tasting the salt at the base of his throat.

With a tattered breath, he said, “That’s my line.”

She dismissed the inference, as Cooper’s perfection echoed inside and out. Haleigh moved through life in a pretty shell, but the ugliness was always there, close to the surface and clawing to get out.

In Cooper’s arms, she didn’t feel worthless or inadequate or disappointing, which made this exchange all the more dangerous. Haleigh could easily see herself replacing one demon-suppressant for another. Only drowning in Cooper would be way better than losing herself at the bottom of a bottle had ever been.

While that thought circled through her mind, Cooper’s powerful hands drifted up her rib cage, setting tiny fires along her nerve endings. Haleigh clung to him, wanting more but not willing to sacrifice his heat to find a better location to carry on.

When his thumbs found her nipples through thin satin, her body kicked into another gear as she sucked on his tongue, desperate for more.

“What’s going on back here?” a female voice spoke from the trees, followed by at least two gasps and an “Aw, shit.” The expletive came from a man who proceeded to take charge, saying, “Everybody back to the party.”

Cooper slammed his hands on the side of the building, presumably shielding Haleigh from the onlookers. As if he could protect her from the fallout of this colossal mistake.

This is not a mistake! screamed a voice in Haleigh’s head. One she didn’t recognize but wanted to believe.

With his forehead pressed to hers, Cooper said, “I need less nosy friends.”

The joke broke the tension, and she couldn’t help but laugh. “That first voice was Abby’s, wasn’t it?”

“Yep.” Cooper lifted her to the ground as if setting down a priceless piece of crystal. “Afraid so. They must have heard the screaming with the chickens.” Attempting to button his shirt, he looked down in confusion. “When did you do this?”

“Somewhere around the time you slid your tongue in my ear.” Haleigh righted her clothes. “This should make for a fun ride home.”

“Hey,” he said, lifting her face with a finger beneath her chin.

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