All You Need Is Love by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780425266762
Amazon: 0425266761
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2014-02-03T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

—The gospel according to Elmer Stillman

Will was holding her so close to him that he was aware of the exact second she fell asleep. How in the world could she sleep when he was strung so tightly he felt like he was going to implode any second?

Ninety days? He wouldn’t survive nine days wanting her as much as he did. This was truly an unprecedented situation for him. Sure, he’d known desire in his life, but nothing to compare to the needy hunger she aroused in him. With her warm and soft in his arms, he took advantage of the opportunity to run his hand over her back in small circles.

“Hmm,” she said, snuggling in closer, her breath warm against his neck.

Her closeness, her warmth, her breasts pressed against his chest, her breath sweet against his neck . . . The combination was both bliss and torture. How was it possible that she already meant so much to him? How was it possible that he couldn’t wait for tomorrow so he could spend more time with her?

He’d never felt these things before. Not even when he’d been all wrapped up with Lisa, and he’d been wrapped pretty tightly back then.

What was it about Cameron that had him feeling this way? For one thing, he’d admired her fortitude after arriving under less-than-ideal circumstances. Despite her injuries, she’d pressed forward with the presentation without an ounce of vanity, at least as far as he could tell. He’d appreciated her interest at what she’d found in the store and he’d enjoyed her obvious delight with the gifts he’d left for her.

Underneath her sophisticated veneer, he’d seen hints of the lonely young girl who’d been raised by nannies and relied on TV families to keep her company. Her loneliness touched him deeply. The only time he’d ever been truly lonely was right after Lisa left him. But surrounded by his big family, he hadn’t been allowed to wallow for long before they forced him out of his misery and back into life.

He knew what it felt like to be lonely, but he couldn’t possibly know what it had been like to grow up as alone as she had. She had great friends, people she loved and enjoyed being with, but other than her father, she had no real family. He wanted to surround her with all the things she’d lived without for so long.

No wonder why she fell in love so easily. She was always looking for something she’d never had. He wanted the chance to give her those things.

Which took him back to his original thought—how could he feel so much so soon? And why was he lying here so peacefully when he should be thinking about how to extricate himself from this suddenly intense situation?

He ran his hand over her long hair, letting it spill through his fingers, soft, silky, curly and fragrant.

No, he wasn’t thinking about extrication, he decided as he yawned. His eyes closed.

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