Page 102 of The Ranger
“Are you kidding me?”Cole leans over me, pushing me onto my back, as I giggle.“You’ve been fucking with me this entire time.”
I nod, grinning so big.
“Scarlett Walton, you will be the death of me,” he says, his eyes glistening like a man in love.My smile fades as they drift to my mouth.
“I’m going to kiss you right now, and that monitor is going to explode.That’s the only warning you’re getting,” Cole growls.
I get the first part of my gasp out before his mouth drops to mine, and I lose all sense.And oh, my lord, it’s the most incredible kiss of my life.
I feel every emotion, all his possession, all the protection he wishes he’d been able to provide and promises for the future.
Hungrily, we both take what we want from one another, my core clenching weirdly in a mix of desire and labor as Cole palms the side of my face with his huge, powerful hand.
When he pulls back, the sound of the monitor registers, and a nurse comes barreling in.
She smiles.“Maybe save that until afterward.”
Cole grins at me.“Definitely.”
I glance away.
I can’t do that to him or our baby.Cole doesn’t love me.He just thinks he does.He had over four months to work it out and didn’t.I was kidnapped, and this is his way of working the guilt out of his system.
By his very nature he’s a protector.
I need that from him now, but I’m not making promises, and I’m not taking his.
The doctor returns, and Cole stands back to give them room.
We both know I didn’t respond.Hopefully, he will let it go.We are about to become parents.I need to learn how to be a mom, not fight him on this.
So yet again, I’ll need to be the strong one and keep the boundaries in place.
That was our last kiss.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
