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Single-handedly Mick had sacrificed his privacy to keep her name out of the local newspapers. He’d created a Valentine heaven that she really wanted to get back too. Curiosity about what he had set up for her at the end of the rose petal trail was already making her insides thrum again. Now, he’d come up with a way for her to run Matched in Somewhere Texas. And maybe the lease could be broken or at least a sublet found for it.
His hands slipped into her hair, fisting large hunks of it, angling her head so he could deepen the kiss. More. He always wanted more. And so did she. So much more of this big burly sweet man who made her feel safe and treasured and cared for. Something she’d only just recently realized she’d never had with her ex. He’d given her things. She’d never wanted for anything material. Never wanted for anything other than a physical connection.
She pulled back and cupped Mick’s face, staring deep into his fiercely intense gaze. “I don’t know why you were so nice to me that first evening, but I’m so glad you came into that store. I’m so glad I found you.”
“I’m the luckiest guy on the planet because I walked into that store first and you gave me a chance. I would do anything for you, love.”
The sincerity of his voice plucked a cord so deep within her, she had to blink back tears of joy. Heels over head, she was falling for him so fast. How could she not? She’d be a fool not to see how right they were together. Laurel had always prided herself in seeing through the typical smokescreen clients put up to try and hide their truest desires. Somehow she’d totally missed seeing her own mess. Totally missed how theyworked.
“Catch me?”
His eyebrows raised and a mischievous twinkle flashed in his eye. “Are you gonna fall?”
“I’ve already accidentally fallen for you, Mick Ramsey, and will continue to do so every day.”
He stood from the chair quickly, sweeping her legs out from under her and the very real sensation of falling pulled a small squeal from between her lips. “Consider yourself eternally caught, sweetheart. Cause I don’t plan to ever let you fall again.”
