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“Perfect. I’m at The Plaza. Hundred do it to take us there?”
The driver looked considerably cheerier. “Hop in.”
“I cannot believe I am doing this,” I said as I followed Xavier to the curb. “I feel like I have to turn in my New Yorker card by default.”
“Then you might as well shut up and enjoy it,” Xavier said.
Before I could offer a retort, he slipped his hands around my waist and lifted me into the carriage like I weighed nothing, then hopped in and settled his big body onto the plush red seat next to me.
“All right?” he asked.
Breathless, I nodded, allowing him to tuck the thick blanket provided in the back around my legs and waist. It felt good, maybe too good, to have someone take care of me like this. Lord, when even was the last time anyone had tucked me into anything?
“All right?” he murmured again once I was settled, though his hands lingered at either side of my waist. Once again, his gaze dropped to my mouth.
My lip caught between my teeth. He had such a nice mouth. Full, but not too full. Wide, but sensitive. Curved to one side with the promise of perfect mischief.
Suddenly I was twenty-three again, begging for a taste. Lord, and it was easy to remember just how delicious he was.
If he kissed me now, I would let him, five years gone or not. Broken heart or not. It had been long, so, so long since I’d last felt anything close to what I’d had with this man. My body ached for it.
Still, a tiny voice inside held me back. The same voice that had appeared the moment I was responsible for the love and care of another human being in the world.
Careful,she said. Don’t move too fast.
As if sensing my reticence, Xavier sat back, sending a waft of his fresh, sharp scent through the air.
He wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me into a crook that my body seemed to fit perfectly, then called to the driver.
“All set, mate. Help me take my girl for a ride.”
