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A warm-water heat swept through my entire body. His voice… God, his voice. Deep and gruff and sexy as hell.I’ll kiss you…
I wanted him to say it again.
“Okay.” I laid down, stretched out on the couch. “Tell me when.”
“Shhh. I’m touching your cheek now.”
I raised my hand to my cheek. “Feels nice.”
“Close your eyes.”
“I did,” I whispered.
“Open your mouth, just a little…”
I sucked in a breath. With my eyes shut, the power of his words was amplified. Every nerve ending stretched out to listen. To translate sound into touch.
“I’m going to kiss you goodnight now.”
“On the lips?”
A pause. “Yeah.”
I gripped the phone tighter. “Okay.”
“Goodnight, Kacey,” he said softly.
I ran my tongue over my bottom lip, but in the dark—with Theo’s deep voice like a purr in my ear—it washismouth I felt andhislips that brushed mine softly.
A sigh eased out of me, leaving me heavy and content.
“Did you feel it?” he asked.
I nodded against the phone, snuggling into couch cushions. “I felt it. So nice. Made me sleepy.”
“It did?”
“Mmhm. I feel warm all over. And safe. How did you do that from so far away?”
“I don’t know,” he whispered. “Get some sleep now.”
“I will. Goodnight, Teddy.”
I usually hung up then, but I hesitated. I heard his intake of breath, like he was about to say more.
“Teddy?”
“Nothing. Just… I'll see you soon.”
CHAPTER
TWENTY-SIX
Friday afternoon, Kacey greeted me outside the Louis Armstrong Airport by flying at me and throwing her arms around my neck.
“You’re here!” she cried.
“I’m here.” I hugged her back as long as I dared. She smelled so good. Like fresh flowers, fresh paint, and the green heat of New Orleans. It permeated her skin now, the scent of the Nevada deserts long gone.
