If You Only Knew by Dixie Lee Brown

Author:Dixie Lee Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-01-08T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

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RAYNA SWISHED HER hand in the direction of the wet tongue that slurped across her cheek and jerked her head back from the intrusion into her sleep. Her head cracked into something hard behind her.

“Ouch!” A muttered curse followed. Ty removed the warmth of his hand from her hip.

“Oh crap.” Rayna craned over her shoulder, the early light of dawn barely revealing Ty’s face.

He pinched the sides of his nose.

She went still for fear of jabbing him with an elbow next. “Is it broken?”

Ty groaned. “Why the hell did you do that?”

She sneaked another peek. The impact of her head had brought tears to his eyes, and she’d been there before. Nothing could incapacitate a person quicker than a blow to the nose. Joe had taught her that.

Suddenly, she became super-aware of how close they lay. Ty pressed against the back of the swing and she spooned him, every inch of her body enjoying the warmth of his touch. She should have moved away, but desire fluttered in the pit of her stomach and cast out any good sense she might have otherwise had. The heat of his body held her, but it wasn’t enough. She wanted his arms around her too. Their ridiculous disagreement over Bree be damned. He was still her Ty, and she cared about him.

Rayna shifted around until she lay facing him. She trailed her finger gently down the side of his face. He watched her suspiciously, and she hid the smile that tried to escape. Did he think she’d smacked heads with him on purpose?

“I could kiss it and make it better.” She barely trailed her lips across the bridge of his nose, kissed his closed eyes, and tasted the corner of his mouth.

He tensed for a moment before his arms slid around her, drawing her even closer as he took possession of her lips . . . for two seconds. Then he gripped her shoulders and shoved her away. Something close to panic flared in his eyes as he struggled free of the comforter and finally slid overtop of her to stand beside the swing.

Confused, Rayna rolled over, but he wouldn’t look in her eyes, turning his back to her instead. “Ty, are you all right?”

“Fine. I . . . uh . . . just remembered I told Joe I’d meet with him this morning.”

She studied the sky. “At dawn?”

He started to turn, then stopped. “You know how early Joe gets up.”

“I suppose.” She shrugged and propped her head on her elbow. “Thanks for sharing your blanket with me.”

She didn’t try to hide her disappointment and, for a heartbeat, there was something in his eyes that told her he didn’t want to leave, either. Ty was up to something, and whatever pulled him away was apparently stronger than the feelings he had for her. The fact he wasn’t inclined to share it with her gave her a pretty good indication what it was about. When he glanced over his shoulder, a maze of emotions tumbled across his face.

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