Lani can feel the presence so close behind her, her ice-cold skin can nearly feel the heat that is radiating off him. He has a sense of familiarity about him, she knows she should be scared of a silent giant man crowding in behind her. But she just isn’t.
Connor’s hand twitches at his side as she makes no move to escape him. He knows that she knows he is there, even in the pouring rain, he can see the soft, fine hair on her neck stand up on end, he can hear her breathing change and her heart slightly accelerate.
His large hand leaves his side and he places it on her hip, his fingers spreading over her stomach.
Leilani shudders slightly in shock, that hand on her is the most alive she has felt since she left that hospital bed. She has no idea how intoxicated she is, but everything about
