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“Did you know studies show more pathogens are exchanged by shaking hands than a ten-second kiss?”
“Reading is good for the brain. It increases knowledge, expands vocabulary, strengthens cognitive skills—did you know that reading can reduce stress by up to sixty-eight percent? It works faster than listening to music or drinking a cup of hot tea.”
My blood pumped so loudly I could hardly hear myself speak. “How to coax the mouth open with my tongue.” All the things I’d felt before intensified as though they were put in a pressure cooker. Even the slightest change—the slightest hitch of her breath or brush of her chest into mine—created an exponential response in my body. “How the tongues would interact. Where mine should stroke and explore,” I went on, my voice completely hoarse. “The sounds you would make to indicate your pleasure.” A soft moan escaped her mouth, and a quake ran through my entire body.
Sydney was my wife.
“I want you here, Ranger.” I slid my tongue along my bottom lip. “I want my husband.”
It wasn’t experience that made a man a good kisser, it was attention. Attention to the detail and nuance of a woman’s pleasure. Attention to the way she responded over the focus of your own desire.
“This is already complicated, Ranger.” Her thumb traced gently over my injured flesh, highlighting the truth of her words. “But I want to be complicated with you.”
“Having a life I can’t forget isn’t the same as having a life worth remembering. And the only life worth remembering, Sydney, is the one that has you in it. You’re my snow angel, the part of all of this worth savoring… you’re my magic.” His warm breath fused to my lips. “Say you’ll stay tonight… and the rest of your life?”
“I love you,” he murmured against my hair, kissing the side of my head. I whimpered into his neck, tears soaking my cheeks. “I love you, too,” I sobbed,

