CHAPTER 16: Alison
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Alison pretended to sleep as Harker moved quietly about the room. No matter how much she’d argued, her mother had refused to change her mind about Harker staying there. She’d given up for the night and had gone to her room over an hour ago.
Harker slowly got into the bed. She almost laughed at him trying to be unobtrusive. Even in his huge bed, the man was hard to ignore, but in her tiny bed it was impossible. The entire left side of his body pressed against her right side, filling her with warmth and memories she’d rather forget.
She tried to keep her breathing slow and steady to feign sleep, but it was hard. She hadn't shared a bed with him in months, and she’d missed it...him. Not just the s*x. Lord, she’d missed that, but she’d missed hearing his breath
