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- Page 17 and 18: My deepest gratitude to my editor,
- Page 19 and 20: “We should head to a bar andceleb
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97/796His tone softened when he spo
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99/796Stanton came in shortly after
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101/796“Wait.” I set my fork do
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103/796my throat burned with unshed
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105/796or a cellular store where I
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107/796“Not so fast, Eva.” Cros
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111/796because I was curious to see
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117/796side of my shoulders, caging
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119/796had almost no room to breath
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121/796torso while his right hand g
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Mortified by the sudden intrusion i
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125/796“Shut up, Eva,” he said
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127/796“Don’t be arrogant, Cros
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129/796Swallowing, I waited until h
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131/796I exhaled in a rush and sagg
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133/796can’t wait to see you tomo
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135/796God. The craving was so acut
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137/796will it take to talk you int
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139/796that Cross did, even though
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141/796“Honestly? Everything’s
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143/796I was rewarded with the kiss
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145/796“Well, hell.” He ran a h
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147/796I split the last of the wine
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149/796“Great place to get off yo
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151/796drinks are on the house. Enj
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153/796I was about to say, Sure, wh
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155/796the getting-to-know-you stag
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157/796A quick stab of jealousy mad
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159/796Shocked by the fury of my re
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163/796“Because the only thing yo
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169/796A sizzling, predatory glimme
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171/796He lifted my abused hand to
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I had a vicious hangover on Saturda
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175/796name handwritten diagonally
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177/796touched him back. When I tri
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179/796beauty was irresistible to m
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181/796world. Every arched doorway
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183/796list, if I’m remembering c
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185/796to take a catnap to get thro
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187/796half-dozen times before I fi
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189/796“Good. Thanks to you. Than
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191/796could feel the warmth of his
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193/796nipples. “It was driving m
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195/796him. “And so greedy. How l
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197/796thinking about that, you’r
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199/796I was too swollen, too sensi
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“Hey, Dad. I caught you.” I adj
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203/796“Shit, don’t tell me tha
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205/796I could hear the smile in hi
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207/796minute; then Cary cranked up
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209/796think of the same way again
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211/796“Are you kidding? They lov
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213/796Gideon was just five years o
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215/796“Really?” I’d been so
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217/796on other parts of my body. I
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219/796“Ladies,” Cary greeted t
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221/796skirt of my gown out of the
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223/796reaching into Gideon Cross,
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225/796eyes glittering up at me in
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227/796His erection brushed between
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229/796heavy eyelids. He was so bea
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231/796locked on each other as the
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233/796hips down to meet his punish
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235/796Because I could hear it hang
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237/796“No, thank you.” My voic
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239/796smiling by rote. I was drawn
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241/796of awareness moved through m
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243/796rigid about not socializing
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245/796simply another individual in
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247/796article about you without so
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249/796I cursed inwardly. I’d kno
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251/796I sighed. “I’d rather yo
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253/796“Why?”“Because I said
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255/796through his hair. Abruptly,
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257/796I was so hurt by Gideon it w
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259/796capped the request with, “
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on the couch with his feet crossed
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263/796fought the compulsion to lis
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265/796“Sexual frustration. She c
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267/796“You’re always hungry. I
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269/796me forcibly if it looked lik
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271/796“You don’t have to. It
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273/796in a deep, shaky breath. He
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275/796valued what we’d shared, t
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277/796I crossed my arms. “Let’
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279/796really do. You and me…it w
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281/796“It’s just sex, Gideon.
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283/796and I want you bad enough. S
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285/796assumed that was implied in
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287/796“You don’t have to.” I
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289/796My stomach knotted, knowing
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291/796desperate to be under him, t
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293/796“Yes. I need my toothbrush
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295/796Groaning, he deepened the ki
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297/796“Am I now?” He caged me
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299/796“I think that’s my line.
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301/796“Good. Good, I’m glad.
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303/796Gideon was as prompt as he
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305/796bag on my lap, and looked ou
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We hit the cellular store first. Th
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309/796That did the trick, although
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311/796Christ. I knew this man inti
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313/796possessiveness after the hur
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315/796my treadmill and started at
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317/796“What flavor smoothie did
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319/796“Mr. Cross.” Daniel stra
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321/796do more than hold on. It was
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323/796everything I coveted, fantas
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325/796my hands to the way he watch
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327/796He buried his face in my cle
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329/796thrashed against the onslaug
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331/796My hands fisted in the bedsp
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333/796He buried his face in my nec
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335/796“You’ll kill me,” he m
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337/796female appreciation of a pri
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339/796look at the drawers below th
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I kept my head down as I made the w
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343/796With every step I took, the
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345/796with Dr. Travis’s answerin
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347/796“I know which exit you too
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349/796my ear. “If you’d taken
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351/796“Come in.” He tugged me
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353/796experience with him affected
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355/796I bumped shoulders with him.
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359/796sucked gently on his salty s
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361/796I woke the way I’d fallen
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363/796work in a suit I’d picked
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365/796“I’m hard.” His voice
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367/796“Shut up, Eva.” He crook
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369/796contemplate what to do about
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371/796breaking across the country
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373/796what chance would Gideon and
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379/796Just the thought of that con
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381/796into it when I find the one
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383/796I’d just gotten back to my
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385/796there and waiting will set u
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387/796“Maybe I should reapply my
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393/796briefs and straightening the
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395/796Scott’s voice came through
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399/796strident, “I have been try
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403/796“You’ll come with me nex
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405/796He tortured me, coaxing my b
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407/796every inch of me was his to
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Gideon found me in the shower the n
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415/796Trey—and while Gideon was
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Gideon before we went out to dinner
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419/796“I’m going to lunch with
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421/796jealousy with herculean effo
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423/796“Christ.” He crushed me
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425/796and dipped, the kiss wildly
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427/796soap opera addict, you know.
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429/796“I’d like to take a quic
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431/796loved that he’d put on som
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433/796thing. Getting pregnant with
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437/796“How did you get out?” h
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439/796I pushed to my feet. “He
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I tightened the belt on my robe.
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443/796without making it damn clear
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445/796burn made me gasp, then his
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447/796“Now, show me that you sti
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449/796frantic, pumping my hips. Re
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451/796face in my neck. “Eva, don
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453/796“I can get better at this,
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455/796He kissed me and murmured,
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457/796Sensing his withdrawal and d
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459/796anyway. I’m crazy about yo
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461/796bullshit rule. It was straig
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463/796After a moment, he said, “
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475/796message; Home safe. Hope you
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477/796I had a lot to say about tha
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479/796my blouse and a scarf that d
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505/796“Because you’re fighting
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507/796intimate smiles and covert t
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509/796said dinner was great, but I
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515/796few hours in the studio of a
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527/796terrace: Magdalene Perez, lo
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529/796My breath caught for a secon
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531/796I was aware of the band’s
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533/796“Shut up, Eva.” His gaze
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537/796“I never stopped wanting y
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539/796He pulled back, his face set
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541/796fact that it wasn’t just t
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543/796him. Feeling the rough satin
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545/796But he was either oblivious
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547/796rolling to stir me into a fr
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549/796I ran my fingers through the
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557/796“Gideon, we’ve been gone
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561/796“You’re so beautiful,”
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563/796blissfully possessed in ever
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565/796fingertip grazed the thin wa
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567/796cool fingertips down my chee
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569/796Stepping between my legs, he
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573/796My fingers flexed around Gid
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583/796I took a cautious sip of the
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I pushed to my feet in a rush.“Do
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587/796life. I treasure you. I want
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589/796me. With a gasp, I sagged in
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611/796How long had he been conscio
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615/796lips of my sex. I wanted it
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617/796well, knew all its secrets a
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619/796you want to come, Eva?” he
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Monday mornings could be awesome,wh
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625/796Stay away from CV, baby girl
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627/796contemptuously triumphant lo
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629/796He’d never been loved. It
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633/796that the time had come to gi
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637/796“Tell me again what you sa
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641/796exercises with Parker overse
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645/796“One of these days,” he
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647/796I ran my hand over his hard
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651/796I watched as two of the most
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653/796“Confucius say,” Gideon
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655/796But when Cary answered the d
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657/796“I work hard and I work ou
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659/796It struck me then that I had
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661/796I slid my leg over his hips
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665/796haze of sleep leave his eyes
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669/796at me with such longing it b
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671/796not seeing the fucked-up, br
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673/796I wasn’t sure which of us
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675/796But I couldn’t give him th
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677/796This time I answered him the
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683/796“No!” He wrenched away,
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685/796“Lunch?” I asked, feelin
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687/796but it wouldn’t rule us. W
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691/796“Oops,” she said, with a
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693/796“Shut up, Eva.”“He’s
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715/796hopping and the locker room
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721/796We moved into the living roo
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729/796on her face and in her pale,
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731/796She glanced at me, her mouth
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733/796I gratefully accepted anothe
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737/796“What is there to say?”
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“Excuse me.” I pushed back from
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741/796“Warning me is supposed to
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753/796Beneath the table, I tested
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757/796he shot me a cocky smile.
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Gideon and Eva’s story continues
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785/796more often than he turns toh
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Sylvia Day is the national bestsell
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791/796Steamlust: Steampunk Erotic
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