“Cooper.”
“They didn’t say your name.”
“But you think they meant me.”
His jaw flexes.“Yes.I didn’t want to tell you yesterday,” he admits.“I didn’t want to scare you.”
“But you did tell me.”
“I promised I wouldn’t keep things from you.”
I look up at him again.“Thank you.”
He frowns.“For scaring you?”
“For trusting me with the truth.”
His expression softens.“I do trust you.”
“I trust you too.”
He lowers his forehead to mine, breathing me in as if he needs the scent of me to stay calm.“They won’t get you.”
I believe him.Maybe I shouldn’t.After everything that’s happened, maybe I should know better than to believe anyone can keep me safe forever.Taylor tried.I tried.Reyes and Cooper are strong, but no one is invincible.
Still, when Cooper says it, I believe him.Not because I think bad things can’t happen, but because I know he’ll come for me if they do.
“Come on.Let’s get you home.”
We head home, the sun sinking behind the trees with each step as we walk down the path.The full moon is rising, and we both pause on the front porch, watching it for a moment.
Cooper places all my things in the living room and turns to face me.He takes one step toward me, then stops, his hands balling into fists at his sides.“If you want me to go outside and run this off, I will.”
I shake my head.
His nostrils flare.“Landry?—”
“I don’t want you to go outside.”
“What do you want?”
My heart pounds so hard that I can feel it everywhere.This is the edge.The huge, terrifying, wonderful edge.
And I’m tired of standing on it.
“You,” I whisper.
Cooper makes a sound that’s half growl, half broken prayer.
Then he’s on me.
His mouth crashes down on mine as he backs me further into the living room, his hands firm on my hips, mine fisting in his shirt.The kiss is hungry and wild, but he still checks himself.I can feel it in the trembling of his hands.In the way he pauses every few seconds as if he’s waiting for me to stop him.
I don’t.
I pull him closer.
He groans against my mouth and lifts me like I weigh nothing.My legs wrap around his waist instinctively, and we both moan as his cock rubs against my core.
