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CHAPTER NINETY SEVEN
His touch....
The soft, intimate tease of his fingers against her skin in his usual caress that never fails to give her goosebumps......
It was one of the things she'd missed the most after Ryder had upped and disappeared on her.
That barely there brush of his fingers against her skin had brought the bittersweet memories of the good days rushing back into her head and she'd flinched away from him in response.
When she let her eyes find his, the hurt she'd caused was bare as day in his beautiful orbs, that was before he blinked it away and replaced it with his usual poker face look that totally blocks you out of his head.
He took a step back from her, his hands slipping into the pocket of his fancy pants as if to keep him from reaching for her again.
That was disappointing, for some reason.
"I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything, you should have that bath now, the water is running cold."
She didn't want him to leave
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