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Beneath the Surface

Author: G.C Patterson
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-23 20:25:33

Cassie’s POV

The storm outside wasn’t half as wild as the one inside me.

Lightning cracked across the sky as I stood barefoot in Jeffery’s penthouse kitchen, wearing only one of his oversized shirts hanging off my curvy frame like a silk robe. The hem skimmed my thighs, and his scent—cedarwood and spice—clung to the fabric. My skin still tingled from the hours we’d spent tangled together in his bed, our bodies locked in ways our hearts still refused to admit.

And yet, I was making coffee and trying to breathe through the chaos swirling around us.

Behind me, I felt his presence before I heard it—like gravity had shifted. I turned and found Jeffery leaning against the doorframe, shirtless, a glass of water in one hand, his tall, muscled frame bathed in the pale morning light.

Good God.

His broad shoulders and sculpted chest looked like they belonged in marble. The muscles of his arms flexed subtly as he lifted the glass to his lips. His dark hair was tousled from sleep—or from me—and hi
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