Hate to Burn: An Enemies to Lovers Close Proximity Romance (Single Dad Billionaires) by Mia Mara

Author:Mia Mara [Mara, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Taylor

"Your body is perfect," he murmured to me, as he trailed his hand from my thigh to my waist and back down again. Even as my head throbbed, I couldn’t help but notice how good it felt when he touched me like that.

"I don’t know about that," I replied, half-turning to face him. "I mean, I’ve not been at the gym as much as I’d like lately."

"It doesn’t matter," he replied, brushing off my concern. "You’re still perfect. Look at you. The way your waist curves in, the shape of your hips..."

He traced his fingers along each spot he was describing, almost reverent in his touch, and I couldn’t keep the smile off my face. It was almost surreal, having him touch me like that, after so long trying to deny the way I felt about him, trying to ignore the chemistry the two of us shared. No matter how much pain I was in, no matter how much I wished I could just sit down to a hot meal and an entire gallon of fresh water, when he caressed me, I could forget all of it, just for a second.

"It’s gorgeous," he continued. I shifted so that I could face him, staying close so I wouldn’t lose any of the heat from his body.

"Thank you," I murmured, and I could feel my cheeks growing a little warm.

"You’re blushing," he teased. "Why? Not used to hearing compliments like that?”

"It’s just... I never thought I’d hear them from you," I confessed.

"Never?"

"I had a crush on you when I was a teenager," I admitted. "A huge crush, actually. I didn’t think you would ever look twice at me. It's surreal knowing that you think I’m cute now."

"Oh, this isn’t the first time I’ve noticed how cute you are," he replied, flashing me a grin. "I noticed you, too, back when we were younger."

I raised my eyebrows.

"You did?”

"Yeah, but it was mostly drowned out by how annoying I found you," he teased. I clapped a hand to my chest, playing at being insulted.

"And I only started finding you annoying when I was hired at the station," I replied.

"Yeah, guess we’ve always had that tension between us," he remarked.

"You mean irritating the hell out of each other?"

"Something like that," he laughed. "Maybe it was a way to ignore how hot I thought you were."

"Or maybe it’s just because you’re genuinely one of the most irritating people I’ve ever met," I shot back playfully. "Don’t flatter yourself into thinking it was just a cover up."

"Damn, just when I thought you were going to give me an ego boost," he replied, laughing.

He slipped his arms around me, and I nestled into his chest. I loved feeling his strength against me, feeling the safety I did whenever he was holding me. Even in the midst of the messy situation we were in, there was a comfort to be found in his arms, and I didn’t want anything to get in the way of it.

"What’s going to

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