He nodded and then reached for me, tugging me close. “I didn’t think we’d pull this off, Inez.” One of his arms braced my lower back, and a warm feeling spread down to my toes. The soft linen of his shirt brushed against my temple and I heard his steady heartbeat under my cheek. “Why are you shaking?” he whispered against my hair. “I didn’t think you were coming,” I whispered back. Whit moved me far enough away that he could gaze down into my face. “Why on earth would you think that?” “You were distant earlier,” I said. “It didn’t feel like we were in this together. And when I saw you last
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