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“After being hurt during the earthquake…my face didn’t heal right. It probably never will.”
ОглавлениеFrowning, Jay gazed at Kim with unseeing eyes. “What are you trying to tell me?”
“I’m ugly Jay. That side of my face is—”
Jay framed her face between his big, gentle hands. His fingertips traced every bit of her face. Her eyebrows, the shape of her nose. The cheekbone that had been shattered and the one that was whole. His fingertips skimmed across her lips, following the outline and sketching the seam.
Kim stood immobile, afraid to breathe. A surge of adrenaline urged her to flee. But her body could only respond to Jay’s tender touch.
“Kimberly Lydell, you listen to me.” His rich baritone vibrated with conviction. “Even when my vision is twenty-twenty again, you’ll still be the most beautiful woman in the world to me. That’s how I’ll always see you.”