Chapter 46

• She placed the now empty glass on the table and turned to face him with a scrutinizing gaze. If he was so aware of her reservations, why the hell had unilaterally decided that moving into her shoebox of an apartment, where she couldn’t avoid him, was a genius response to her evicting him just the day before after having this very same conversation?
• Suddenly, he was right in front of her, not pressed against her but caging her. She took a step back, her back bumping against the counter that made up part of the kitchen. His feet didn’t move from where he stood but his arms came to rest palm flat on top of the counter, bracketing her. He leaned forward, over her, his lips inches away from her forehead. Her breath snagged in her throat as she was made aware, yet again, how big he was. Muscled in a lean kind of way, wide shoulders and a large chest that she would have loved to cuddle against in a different circumstance and corded thick arms that made her fingers itch with the need to touch them. She swallowed hard, biting the inside of her lower lip as her breath came a little harder. The way he surrounded her, his warmth enveloped her, making her body burn. This wasn’t good. She needed to get away from him before they had a repeat of last night. But how to get out of this situation? She didn’t dare look up at what she was sure were eyes bearing a fire that would singe her with his dark desires. The moment she did, it would be a lost battle for control of her own body.
• “Being together,” he said, swaggering from side to side as his feet shifted forward one after the other, bringing him closer to her.