Page 290 of Breaking the Rules

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"Maybe that's enough." He drops his voice to a whisper. "I need more of you."

"Me too."

He brushes a stray hair behind my ear. "Tonight?"

"It will be late."

He nods.

"I'll be exhausted."

"You won't have to move."

"Just lie there and starfish?"

"I was thinking more that I'd hold you. But yeah. If that's what you're into."

I shake my head.

"Guess I'll have to come bearing coffee."

"You're prefect."

"I do what I can."

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