Chapter 9Ford kissed her while she was distracted with her tears, moving his mouth over hers in a slow dance, drawing her into a deep kiss that made her forget about the world outside her little barn. Without breaking the kiss, he turned them over, pinning her body to the bed of hay, covering her face with his hands.
Eliza moved beneath him, pulling at the buttons on his shirt, eager to feel his skin against hers. She wanted to hear his heartbeat, taste his sweat, feel the rise and fall of his chest as he pressed his body against hers. She wanted to keep her eyes open, she wanted to note every smile, every frown, every second that passed across his face, because she understood now that their time together was precious. She didn’t need him to tell her that he had missed her, that he was wo
