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She had moved intohis apartment and was trying not to create a scene or argue aboutwhat he insisted on buying for her. She was also learning tocondition her mind that her fiance was very social, which meant thatthey were out and about almost every weekend.
“Not leavingprecisely.” Pulling up a chair, he sat beside her as she rubbedcream into her skin. She had gotten rid of the braids, and he waspleasantly surprised at the quality and abundance of her hair.
She told himfirmly that she was leaving it in its natural state for the wedding,and afterward, it was back to braids again.
“Then what areyou saying?”
“I would go intwo to three times a week or whenever needed.” Taking the creamfrom her, he took her hands in his. “I have seen you at theclinic, privy to the work you are doing there, and I want to be partof it.
We could makeadditions where we could perform surgeries, make your office bigger,add more rooms, and have a better lunch room. We could hire a fewlocals to help Miranda at the front desk, things like that.”
She stared at himdazedly. “You have thought this through.”
“I don’twant you to think that I am stepping on your toes-”
“You are not.Darling, you are a trauma surgeon at a major hospital. You cannotjust give that up.”
“I will becutting back.” He felt the warmth inside his chest and wonderedif she realized she had said the word ‘darling ‘ for thefirst time. “I want us to be in this together. And I have theresources to take care of almost everything.”
“You want touse your own money?”
“It’sbeen piling up in the bank and growing interest.” Lifting herhands, he kissed her knuckles. “I adore you.”
The tears werethreatening. Lord, the man had the ability to make the emotions swampher and take over completely. Swallowing the golf-sized lump in herthroat was proving to be a task, and at first, she could not sayanything.
“Before I metyou, I felt nothing. I just had sex as a rite of passage, somethingto do while I was in my so-called relationships. It meant nothing tome.” She squeezed his hands.
“The first timeyou made love to me, I told myself that it was a fluke; it happenedbecause you were so experienced, and you knew exactly where to touchme, how to make me come.
But then I startedfeeling something much more; I started looking forward to hearingyour voice.” A tear slipped down her cheek. “Lookingforward to telling you about my day. Even when I was pissed at you, Iwanted to be with you.” She shook her head. “I neverthought that could happen to me. God!” She blew out a breath.
“Something thematter, my sweet?” He asked her gently.
“Yes, damn you.I love you so much that it fills me up.”
“The feeling ismutual. Want to go to bed and figure things out?” He asked,drawing her to her feet.
“You just wantto have sex.”
“I want to makelove to my beautiful fiancee and run my fingers through all thishair.” He tugged at a fat curl, watching in fascination when itbounced back.
“I meant it,Cooper. The braids go back in as soon as the wedding is over.”
“Hmm.”Wrapping his hands around her, he hoisted her up and carried her offto the bed. Shrugging out of his robe, he immediately climbed in,reaching for her. He could not sleep without her and was not willingto do so.
She had stoppedcomplaining about the amount of things he was buying her because shewas just wasting her breath. Cooper was going to do whatever hepleased.
“I cannot waitto be your husband.” He took off the wisp of material to revealher perfect skin. “Just think, in a couple of days, we get topledge our lives together.”
“And you get tonag me for the rest of my life.” Her hands touched his barechest, feeling the shudders racing through his body. It marveled herthat she had that effect on him, but then again, he had the samepower over her.
“I don’tnag.” His breath whispered against her cheek, sending shiversalong her spine. “I direct.”
“Oh? A veryfancy word for what you tend to Oh!” She broke off with a moanwhen his teeth nipped at her lips. His hand wandered over her flatstomach. He soothed the sting from the bite using the tip of histongue.
She turned into hisarms, her thighs parting to accommodate his curious fingers. Herhands fisted into his chest when he started to stroke the swollen andsuddenly sensitive flesh. His tongue traced the outline of her lushbottom lip, plunging into her mouth and sending shivers all over herbody.
His fingers strokedslowly, rubbing the flesh until she thought she was going to explode.This was Cooper, the man she loved, who had taught her to openherself up. By the time his finger dipped into her, she wasvibrating.
