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Laughter spilled out of the younger woht in factup with Yes”

“Menuinely happy for her friend It hadn’t been that s hadn’t worked out between her and Jesse Anderson—one of WFC’s newesttheether noas really nice Every once in a while, good things happened to good people, and that was always the best Dani wasn’t sure why that thought weighed on her shoulders so heavily, but it kinda did

You know exactly why, Dani She heaved a breath

“Hey, you okay?”

“What? Why?” Dani said, brazening it out

Giving her a long, too-appraising look, Tara shrugged “You just seeht of the world on your shoulders”

Directness was one of the things Dani liked about Tara, so she gave her at least part of the truth “Just a hard shift at work Comes with the territory”

“Maybe beating the crap out of so smile

“Exactly Or sorinned

Tara laughed, but her gaze shifted to a point just beyond Dani, which was all the notice she had before a voice ruerous in her ear

“Got anyone in mind, Daniela?”

Sean said her naue caressed every letter, and she cursed the shiver that raced up her spine—the shiver that resulted froue felt She turned slowly, lazily, as if she were bored to tears No as she letting hiave him a once-over that she hoped read as full of disdain

Even though, damn DAMN

So tall she had to tilt her head back to roll her eyes at hiet even a little length to it With scars near his eye and hairline and a nose that had been broken, his face was too beat up to be handso character—of the fearless I-run-into-burning-buildings-to-save-people-and-so-it variety And then there were the tattoos—on his neck, shoulders, arms, the back of one hand, not to uy was freaking cut, with shoulders like hs like tree trunks Sean oozed unquestionable strength and a fierce masculinity