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“Sur
e, sounds good.”
“I’ll go get my suit,” I say, and lift myself. He slides out of me, and tingling sensations race through my body.
He captures my arm before I can flee. “Forget the suit. The backyard is private.”
“Okay,” I say, and he stands, grabs a few tissues to wipe us clean and I try to ignore my pounding heart as we head out to the backyard. The moon is full, lighting up the pool as we both slide in. The cool water slides over my skin, and I dunk to freeze my thoughts, and ice my emotions.
When I surface, Liam is right there, pulling me into his arms. His lips find mine, and he kisses me slowly, like we have all the time in the world, but we don’t. We only have until next weekend, and then he leaves, but it’s going to be one hell of a weekend, and maybe that will just have to be enough for me, because every day of the week I’d forgo my own happiness for my son’s.
We stand there with our arms around one another, and I put my head on his chest. His strong heart pounds against my cheek as he goes quiet, thoughtful. He finally breaks the quiet of the night.
“Harper.”
“Yeah?” I lift my head, meeting his eyes.
His throat works as he swallows. “I wouldn’t abandon you if you were pregnant,” he says so quietly I have to strain to hear.
“I know, Liam. But I think we’re okay.”
“I…we…yeah, okay,” he says and I have the feeling there is more he wants to say. That’s when another thought hits, and my stomach sours.
“You know I would never get pregnant on purpose, right? Like to trap you or something. I know things like that can happen to professional hockey players, and well, to lots of guys.”
He gives a fast shake of his head. “I trust you, Harper.” He blows out a breath. “I don’t really trust too many people,” he says. I go quiet and wait for him to continue. “I guess you know what happened, right?”
I run my finger over his jaw. “If you’re talking about the video, I didn’t see it. I didn’t want to see it.”
“I appreciate that.” He races his big hands up and down my arms, creating heat.
I snuggle in tighter, put my arms around his wide back. “Why did she do it, anyway?”
“She wanted more. I didn’t. I guess it was a combination of revenge and money.” He snorts, a sound of disgust in his throat. “She got paid big bucks from Dirt. I didn’t even know she was recording us.”
“You didn’t?”
“Hell no. Sex is private to me.”
“It is to me too, and what she did was disgusting.” A noise sounds in the bushes, and we both turn. “What was that?”
“I don’t know, probably an animal. Let’s go inside, you’re starting to shiver.”
We climb from the pool, and head inside. After we dry off, we both tug on a pair of his sweats and I put on my pajama T-shirt, while he grabs a clean shirt from his dresser. Ten minutes later, with a bowl full of popcorn, we sit on his sofa and I turn on a chick flick. He groans, but there’s a small smile on his face.
I throw a piece of popcorn at him. “Oh, come on. You can stop pretending you don’t like it.”
He laughs and pulls me to him. “I admit to nothing.”
“Did your sisters make you watch?”
He arches his brow. “Are you trying to make me cash in my man card?” I laugh at that and snuggle in closer. He goes quiet for a very long time, and I stare at the TV, but I’m so lost in Liam, his warm scent, and his mere presence overwhelming me, that it’s hard to concentrate on anything. “Harper?”
“Yeah.”
“I like sleeping with you.”
I angle my head to see him and he has a strange almost tortured look on his face. “I like sleeping with you too.”
