Chapter 2For the next few hours, I found it easier to actually mingle with those gathered. It could be that I was riding a magic high, so I felt so good I didn’t even entertain the idea of being uncomfortable. More likely it was because Cole was never more than an arm’s length away, and most of the time, a whole hell of a lot closer than that. It seemed as though he couldn’t stop touching me. He held my hand or tucked me under his arm, placed his palm on the small of my back or cupped the nape of my neck. He did it with such a casualness, an ease, that I didn’t mind in the slightest. And even though my body had calmed down, that constant contact kept my blood humming, my arousal bubbling just under the surface.
As the night wore on, guests started departing. Slowly at first, and with relu
