CHAPTER NINE
Josh Cooper was kissing her. Hope was kissing him back, too. She wasn’t sure how this had happened or why, but she didn’t care. Not when tingles lit up her body from having his lips on hers.
Hunger driving her, she arched to get closer to him.
He was strong and warm. His hands rubbed her back, sending pleasurable sensations shooting throughout her body.
Kissing him wasn’t something she’d planned on or even considered, but she hoped he didn’t stop.
From his amazing minty, woody scent to the hard muscles beneath her palms, Josh called to her. All day, his words and accidental touches chipped away at the wall she’d built around her heart, putting cracks into a barrier she’d believed impenetrable. But his lips might as well be a battering ram. His kisses were melting her reso
