the bed and drummed his palms on the mattress. And before Maggie could say another word, to shush him, or even to get out of bed herself, Evan had begun climbing over her to get in the middle between her and Cooper.
‘Whoa, wait a minute, matey.’
Damn it. Cooper was awake, but barely, judging by that gravelly early-morning rasp.
‘Hey, Cooper Cooper Cooper.Can I get in there?’ Evan pointed to the gap. And then, in a flash, before her wiggle worm of a five-year-old son could manoeuvre his way into the space, Cooper’s strong arm reached for Maggie like a slingshot and he pulled her backwards. Her back slammed up against his chest. His arm was strong and tight around her, his forearm crushing her breasts underneath it, his shoulder curved in a protectivepose around hers, and her butt had become wedged in the curve where his thighs met his hips.
In the curve where his hard as a rock cock was pulsing against her.
Her eyes flashed wide open in shock and awareness and, damn it all, pure womanly desire.
She acted with warp-speed motherly instinct. ‘Evan,’ she managed to say in a calm voice, although she sure as hell didn’t know where it had comefrom. ‘Why don’t you go to your room and get your dinosaur book and I’ll read that to you?’
‘Cool!’ Evan jumped off her bed with a superhero leap and ran to his room.
Maggie jerked herself out of Cooper’s grasp and leapt out of bed with a superhero leap all of her own. She stomped to the door and buttressed herself against it so Evan couldn’t get back in.
‘What the hell?’ she stammered. Herbreath was hard and fast and she wondered why the short distance from the bed to the door was enough to make her breathless.
Cooper had prised himself up on his elbows and was looking at her through squinting eyes. ‘What the hell yourself? I thought you were sleeping on the sofa bed?’
‘I was. I am. I got up in the night to go to the bathroom and I guess I was on autopilot and I forgot you werehere and I … I just got back in like I’ve done a million times.’
‘I guess you did.’ He really did look half asleep. His blond hair was mussed and sticking up and his eyes were still drowsily half-closed. The sheet had slipped down to his hips. She’d seen him in board shorts a million times. So he had muscles and a tan. Big deal. But it was what was under the loose sheet that caught her attention.The tent pole happening right there. She tried not to look. Hell, she looked. People could camp under that thing.
‘Maggie?’ He looked at her across the room, his gaze direct. She blinked. The way he said her name, the sight of his cock … stop it . She couldn’t think like this. She lifted her gaze to meet his face and saw his lips were beginning to curl in a smile.
‘You could have warned me,’she whispered fiercely.
He looked down at the tent. ‘You mean the dawn horn?’ He shrugged, grinning now. ‘I’m a man. It’s what happens. I know it’s been a long time for you, Maggie Mac but it’s basic biology.’
Cooper’s morning voice sounded rough and sexy. She didn’t want to hear it. ‘Oh, that’s hilarious.’
He raised an eyebrow at her. ‘Don’t take it personally.’
She chuckled. ‘You think Ithink that’s for me ?’
‘Do you?’
‘Not for a second,’ Maggie whispered.
‘Believe me, it’s not,’ Cooper said with a determined head shake.
‘Good,’ she said.
‘Good.’
‘I’m glad that’s clear.’
‘Me too. Clear as a bell.’ Cooper swiped a hand over his eyes. From across the room, his gaze dropped from her tight-lipped expression to her skimpy panties and the worn and loose camisole top. She glanceddown and realised it was gaping under her arms and God, oh God, her nipples had budded like headlights.
She met his eyes and flat out lied. ‘They’re not for you, if that’s what you’re thinking.’
‘Not for a second,’ he replied, his expression dark.
‘Look.’ She took a deep breath in the hope it
‘Whoa, wait a minute, matey.’
Damn it. Cooper was awake, but barely, judging by that gravelly early-morning rasp.
‘Hey, Cooper Cooper Cooper.Can I get in there?’ Evan pointed to the gap. And then, in a flash, before her wiggle worm of a five-year-old son could manoeuvre his way into the space, Cooper’s strong arm reached for Maggie like a slingshot and he pulled her backwards. Her back slammed up against his chest. His arm was strong and tight around her, his forearm crushing her breasts underneath it, his shoulder curved in a protectivepose around hers, and her butt had become wedged in the curve where his thighs met his hips.
In the curve where his hard as a rock cock was pulsing against her.
Her eyes flashed wide open in shock and awareness and, damn it all, pure womanly desire.
She acted with warp-speed motherly instinct. ‘Evan,’ she managed to say in a calm voice, although she sure as hell didn’t know where it had comefrom. ‘Why don’t you go to your room and get your dinosaur book and I’ll read that to you?’
‘Cool!’ Evan jumped off her bed with a superhero leap and ran to his room.
Maggie jerked herself out of Cooper’s grasp and leapt out of bed with a superhero leap all of her own. She stomped to the door and buttressed herself against it so Evan couldn’t get back in.
‘What the hell?’ she stammered. Herbreath was hard and fast and she wondered why the short distance from the bed to the door was enough to make her breathless.
Cooper had prised himself up on his elbows and was looking at her through squinting eyes. ‘What the hell yourself? I thought you were sleeping on the sofa bed?’
‘I was. I am. I got up in the night to go to the bathroom and I guess I was on autopilot and I forgot you werehere and I … I just got back in like I’ve done a million times.’
‘I guess you did.’ He really did look half asleep. His blond hair was mussed and sticking up and his eyes were still drowsily half-closed. The sheet had slipped down to his hips. She’d seen him in board shorts a million times. So he had muscles and a tan. Big deal. But it was what was under the loose sheet that caught her attention.The tent pole happening right there. She tried not to look. Hell, she looked. People could camp under that thing.
‘Maggie?’ He looked at her across the room, his gaze direct. She blinked. The way he said her name, the sight of his cock … stop it . She couldn’t think like this. She lifted her gaze to meet his face and saw his lips were beginning to curl in a smile.
‘You could have warned me,’she whispered fiercely.
He looked down at the tent. ‘You mean the dawn horn?’ He shrugged, grinning now. ‘I’m a man. It’s what happens. I know it’s been a long time for you, Maggie Mac but it’s basic biology.’
Cooper’s morning voice sounded rough and sexy. She didn’t want to hear it. ‘Oh, that’s hilarious.’
He raised an eyebrow at her. ‘Don’t take it personally.’
She chuckled. ‘You think Ithink that’s for me ?’
‘Do you?’
‘Not for a second,’ Maggie whispered.
‘Believe me, it’s not,’ Cooper said with a determined head shake.
‘Good,’ she said.
‘Good.’
‘I’m glad that’s clear.’
‘Me too. Clear as a bell.’ Cooper swiped a hand over his eyes. From across the room, his gaze dropped from her tight-lipped expression to her skimpy panties and the worn and loose camisole top. She glanceddown and realised it was gaping under her arms and God, oh God, her nipples had budded like headlights.
She met his eyes and flat out lied. ‘They’re not for you, if that’s what you’re thinking.’
‘Not for a second,’ he replied, his expression dark.
‘Look.’ She took a deep breath in the hope it
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