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But then my eyes lock with the guy sitting across from my boss, and he’s grinning at me.

Shit.

I pick up my sandwich and dunk it into the bowl of soup.

Eating quietly, I get through three bites before Sterling shifts. Adjusting himself on the bench. Widening his stance. Until his thigh is touching mine.

I chew slower.

It’s not justsort oftouching me. Sterling’s large thigh is pressed against the length of mine.

I can feel the heat of it. Of him. Through our layers of clothes.

And it’s too much.

I swallow.

It should be innocent.

Just two people sitting a little too close on a crowded bench.

Except it wasn’t crowded when he sat down.

And him pressing his leg against mine has nothing to do with lack of space.

And I’m not moving away.

Chapter 63

Sterling

I don’t even tastethe food as I swallow it.

All I can focus on is the woman next to me.

Her warmth.

Her scent.

Her nearness.

The way her thigh feels against mine.

She’s the soft to my hard.

The gentle to my rough.

And without even trying, she’s consuming my thoughts more than any other human ever has.

It doesn’t matter that we’ve hardly touched.

That we haven’t kissed.

That we’ve barely talked.

And even though I want to know everything about her, the lack of information isn’t important. Because there’s nothing in her past that would keep me from wanting her.

Needing her.

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