Deep Inside
Just lips and breath and quiet, trembling hope.
Cassie leaned into it. Let herself feel it fully.
“I have a hearing tomorrow,” she murmured. “In front of Judge Halbrook.”
Jake smirked. “Good. I’d get too distracted if you were in my courtroom.”
She grinned. “Guess I’ll wear something tight anyway. Just to torture you.”
He groaned. “You’re evil.”
“You like it.”
Jake ran his thumb along her lower lip. “God help me, I really do.”
She started to leave, pausing at the door, suddenly shy.