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very lovely—description.”
    Nolan knew he needed to ask, but he hesitated just the same. “Is this . . . You and me . . . Is it too weird in light of what we both felt for him?”
    She took a moment to consider his question, during which he had to struggle to get air to his lungs. What if it was too weird for her? What if it was too close to the past to enable the future?
    “I think it might be weirder to be with someone who didn’t know Caleb. At least you understand. You were there. For all of it.”
    Nolan nodded, knowing what she meant.
    She propped her chin on her hands, which were flat against his chest. “So . . .”
    “So.”
    “We’re going to do this?”
    “Define this .”
    Hannah raised a brow. “Do I really have to?”
    Nolan discovered he also adored her playful side. “Yep.”
    “Date. And stuff . . .”
    “And stuff? What stuff?”
    Her face turned bright red, which was absolutely adorable. “ Nolan .”
    “ Hannah .”
    “Don’t make me say it.”
    “Okay, I won’t.” As he gazed into her warm brown eyes, he knew he needed to ask her one more thing, the one thing that made his heart pound and his mouth go dry. “Are you ready for this, Hannah? Because if you’re not, that’s okay. I’m not going anywhere.”
    “I think I might be ready.” She looked down before bringing her gaze back to meet his. “Mostly because it’s you who’s asking.”
    Nolan closed his eyes against the rush of emotion her words invoked. Was this really happening or would he awake to discover he’d been dreaming, too? God, he hoped not because holding her was like having all his dreams come true at the same exact moment.
    She licked her lips and focused again on his mouth. “Do you think it would be okay if we . . .”
    “What, Hannah? Tell me what you want.”
    “I want to kiss you again.”
    Nolan released a shaky breath and framed her sweet face with his hands. “You don’t ever have to ask first.” Slowly, he eased her toward him, watching her intently. That’s how he saw her eyes flutter shut and her lips part in anticipation.
    As their lips met, her hand curled around his neck, almost as if she wanted to keep him there as long as she could. Again he had to remind himself to go slowly to not scare her off by showing her the full extent of his desire before she was ready to know.
    Then her lips parted and her tongue dabbed at his bottom lip, setting off a wildfire that burned through his system in a flash. The instant her tongue connected with his, he forgot all about going slow and taking his time. His fingers slid into the silk of her hair as he tilted his head to delve deeper into the sweetness of her mouth.
    She shifted, trying to get closer, and ended up with her belly pressed against his erection. Blinded by desire, he gasped but didn’t break the kiss and decided to stop caring if she figured out how badly he wanted her. He drew her closer, wrapping his arm around her while keeping one hand anchored firmly in her hair.
    She whimpered against his lips, and he was about to pull back, but she stopped him from moving with a firm grip on his hair. In the midst of the hottest kiss of his life, Nolan had the presence of mind to wonder if it was possible to expire on the spot from an overabundance of desire.
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    Hannah had forgotten how wonderful it was to be held and kissed by a sexy man who wanted her madly. And this was madness. There could be no other word for the way he made her feel. She’d gone from being tentative about kissing him to pressing against him shamelessly.
    That thought had her pulling back, reining herself in even though that was the last thing she wanted to do.
    “What’s wrong?” he asked, studying her with eyes full of warmth and affection.
    “Nothing.”
    “Something.”
    Her face flushed with heat. “I feel like I’m throwing myself at you.”
    His bark of laughter surprised her. “Please, by all means, throw yourself at me. Any