title: THE TOUCH OF A LIGHTER HAND
author: Costa John
description: Costa John is an author deeply influenced by his native Africa. A finance executive and a martial artist, Costa is also a massage therapist who assisted rescue workers as a Red Cross volunteer at Ground Zero in September 2001. Born in South Africa, he
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  Free Me
  
  
  
  
  
  BOOK 1 IN THE FOUND DUET
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  by Laurelin Paige
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This time, as we left the café, JC took my hand in his. I was giddier about
  the gesture than I wanted to be, which I hated. I also hated that we both were
  wearing gloves. I wanted skin on skin.
  
  
  
  
  
  We didn’t have to walk far before we caught a cab. JC gave instructions to the
  driver to take us to the Four Seasons Hotel. Then he chatted for a few minutes
  about the traffic and the Mets. After a few minutes, he sat back and removed
  the glove from my right hand and the glove from his left hand and entwined his
  fingers through mine.
  
  
  
  
  
  The ride was about half an hour—not long considering it was rush hour now.
  Neither of us talked. We’d said all we needed to at breakfast. With words,
  anyway. Now we spoke through the juncture of our hands, his thumb caressing
  across my skin, our fingers squeezing where they were laced. It was active
  fondling, the pressure increasing and decrea