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Chapter One

Zoe

I stor co at my mind My annoyance was held at bay, for now, only because things had gone as I’d expected I was so preoccupied, I buht ize, until I liftedat him in surprise

“Hey, Zoe”

I gaped “Howard! What the hell are you doing here?”

Glancing around, I grabbed his ared hiot caught here with me, he would be in some serious trouble

He just smirked “I came to show my dedication for the sport, of course, Zoe That, and I missed you, so I wanted to come see you”

“Did it have to be here of all places, though?” I hissed

He laughed “Maybe I wanted to see how you look while you work”

If that hat he ca to be sorely disappointed I didn’t have any work today, so I’d planned to stop by soet over my bad mood Then Howard just casually walked in and shocked me out of it

“You should try and think of your situation a bit ht, right?”

He’d been letting me pull him behind me, but then his body suddenly went still, and I was jerked to a stop With a hungry growl, he tuggedme before I had ti my hands to his chest I wanted to push hiasp, and his tongue swept intobefore, pulling away only e both needed to breathe, resting his forehead against mine