Skyler chuckled against his lips, “A man of many talents,” but her laughter quieted when he pulled the tie that bound her hair from the long, black strands, then combed his fingers through the curtain created on one side of her face. Searching his eyes, there was warmth and wonder, no guessing, but a knowing. Leveraging herself off his chest with her hands on the floor on either side of his shoulders, she took a moment to search inside herself. There was desire, for not only was Gage attractive physically, but she genuinely liked him. When she stopped there, a twinge hitched her breath. Like? Was it something else? Something more? Despite what he had forced her to see and do, she was truthful in her forgiveness. She understood his reasons and was smart enough to understand that the violati
