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lingering to savor his taste
with a few pecks on the lips at first to make sure he wanted this as much as
she had. Meagan took his groan as a surrender and went for it. Moving her body
as close as she could get, she pulled him down on top of her and got
comfortable.
    She slid her arms around his neck and thread her fingers
through his silky soft blond hair. Her tongue came out to trace his lips,
making them part. She pulled her tongue back, nipping his bottom lip and then
sucked on it. “You’re driving me nuts, Meagan.” Coop groaned again. “And, I’m
going to really kiss you now before you kill me right here.”
    Meagan
chuckled before pulling him down again, and this time there was no going slow.
She put everything she’d been holding back into their kiss. She wanted him, and
wanted to leave no question in his mind to the fact that she did. Her tongue
immediately sought entry caressing itself against his. A soft, silky, wet
warmth of entanglement as they rubbed and tasted each other for the first time.
It was fireworks. The butterflies in her stomach went haywire with need, as if
an electrical current was flowing through him and into her, and she wondered if
he felt it too.
    Coop’s
tender touch nearly undid her. He touched her as if she were the most precious
gift in the world. Tenderly placing his hands along her jaw line, his thumbs
moved up and down across the side of her neck and she winced once he hit a
tender part. “Shit, Meagan, I’m so sorry.”
    Oh, no, no, no, no, no...
    “Don’t
be. Please don’t stop.” She reached for him again, but he kept a safe distance.
“Coop?” Shit! She felt like kicking
herself for ruining the moment, and it was such a good moment while it lasted.
She bit her bottom lip to fight off the sting of rejection she felt. It was
ridiculous, but still there regardless, and he cursed again when a stray tear
fell down her cheek.
    “You know
I’ve been dreaming about kissing you since the moment I laid eyes on you.” She
saw him smile before placing himself at her side again. Coop stretched out onto
the bed and reached out to hold her. With her body nestled next to him Meagan
sighed, and laid her head against his chest to listen to the soothing sound of
his beating heart while he held her.
    “Then why
didn’t you?”
    “Because
I knew you’d been burned, and I wasn’t sure you’d be ready for anything I was
ready to give you. I did, however know that I couldn’t let you walk out my door
without knowing I could see you again and it worked out perfectly that you
needed a job, and I had one available. I also knew I needed to go slow with you
and that if you wanted me I’d have to let you make the first move. I’m not sure
how you feel Meagan, or what place I’ll have in your life, but I’d rather have
you as a friend than nothing at all.”
    “But what
if I’m ready for more?”
    Coop
chuckled startling her, and she shifted to look at him again. “Then say the
word, sweetheart, and I’ll give it to you, but there’ll be nothing too physical
until you’re all healed. I’m not going to risk hurting you like I did a minute
ago, no matter how great that kiss was.”
    “It was
pretty good, wasn’t it?” She grinned now that the sting of rejection was
confirmed unwarranted. He wanted her, and damn it she wasn’t about to let him
go. “I’m saying the word then, Coop, I need you in my life, and I want to be so
much more than just your friend from now on, if you’ll have me.” She smiled
again at seeing the heat in his eyes, and at the feel of his excitement pressed
against her leg. She rubbed against it, and her smile grew wider as he growled.
    Halting
her leg, he held onto it and spoke again with effort. “Not until you’re feeling
better. Make no mistake that I want you. That my answer is yes, but just not
now.” He gently removed her leg from where he held it on top of him, and
slipped away. “Now I’m about to take a cold shower, but before I do I have