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RAEANNE THAYNE 227 stumbled through the rest of her life never taking chances, afraid to fail? Afraid to live. At her continued silence, something bleak and hopeless flickered across his features. His entire body seemed to sag with defeat, and he sighed and turned to leave. Now. She had to move or he would walk out the door, down the stairs and out of her life. Somehow she knew he wouldn’t be back. A man could only take so much rejection. Her heart pounding, she sat up, gripped the headboard and rose on shaky legs, ignoring the pain from her stump and the lingering throb in the knee she had banged in her graceless fall. In one movement she reached for him, grabbing his arm both for support and to catch his attention. He turned and she saw surprise flicker in his eyes for only an instant before she kissed him.
Chapter Fifteen For an instant Jake couldn’t process such a rapid emotional shift, from the bone-deep despair of thinking he would never overcome her thorny barriers to this wild exhilaration as she kissed him, her soft, delectable mouth fiercely enthusiastic. His head spun and he grabbed her to him. He didn’t care why she had changed her mind. He only cared that she was here again in his arms, that she was kissing him, her arms tight around his neck as if she never wanted to let him go. He absorbed her weight, the physician corner of his mind that worried about such things concerned that she must have reached the limit of her physical endurance some time ago ago after their long evening. Through the questions swirling around in his mind,
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RAEANNE THAYNE<br />
227<br />
stumbled through <strong>the</strong> rest of her life never tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
chances, afraid to fail?<br />
Afraid to live.<br />
At her cont<strong>in</strong>ued silence, someth<strong>in</strong>g bleak and hopeless<br />
flickered across his features. His entire body seemed to sag<br />
with defeat, and he sighed and turned to leave.<br />
Now. She had to move or he would walk out <strong>the</strong><br />
door, down <strong>the</strong> stairs and out of her life. Somehow she<br />
knew he wouldn’t be back. A man could only take so<br />
much rejection.<br />
Her heart pound<strong>in</strong>g, she sat up, gripped <strong>the</strong> headboard<br />
and rose on shaky legs, ignor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> pa<strong>in</strong> from her<br />
stump and <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>ger<strong>in</strong>g throb <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> knee she had<br />
banged <strong>in</strong> her graceless fall. In one movement she<br />
reached for him, grabb<strong>in</strong>g his arm both for support and<br />
to catch his attention.<br />
He turned and she saw surprise flicker <strong>in</strong> his eyes for<br />
only an <strong>in</strong>stant before she kissed him.
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