He needed to gather her up, hold on to her, anything to help her stop trembling. Something was going to shake loose if she didn’t.

Hanson got to sleep with you, and I didn't,” he said, his own jaw a little tight. “So I stole his car.

He caught her, and he held her, and he let her cry, and cry, and cry, and he let her use his sheets to wipe her eyes, and her nose, and God knows what, because he had plenty of clean sheets, and he only had one Kat.

I believe in love at first sight, and I believe that’s what we’ve got going here. I was willing to die for you. I’m sure as hell not going to pass up a chance to live with you.

When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?

Hey,” Shayne said through the door. “You going to stay in there all night, because we’re getting tired of trying to eavesdrop from out here. Can’t hear a damn thing.