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There was another pause And the longer it continued, the more Novo wanted to kick her own ass

If you were se for theatrics But she had rolled the red carpet out with that one

"I have to go," Sophy said through what sounded like sniffles "I just…this is ativity I’ll try again with you when I’m ready"

As Sophy cut the connection, Novo dropped the cell phone from her ear "Why…why couldn’t I have been an only child"

Dealing with her sister was like a bad carnival ride: You knew exactly where the turns and the loop-de-loops were, the free falls and the too-tall-for-cohts, because you could see the and your cherry-flavored slushy were clawing back up your throat

If she’d only held her tongue for anotherto roll out next So close She had been so close The trouble was that her sister knew nothing of real pain, true sacrifice, actual loss And that coupled with the narcissish to lass- their own face

Looking around the neat, orderly roo tubs, padded benches, and shelves full of wraps, braces, and gel bottles

Oskar had been a blond, too Just like Peyton Not as rich as him, however

And when Novo had firstto get If she’d had even an inkling? She would have traet away--

The door to the PT suite swung open, and Peyton appeared between the jambs with a bottle of liquor in his hand, an arousal in his pants, and the wild look in his eye of someone over the brink In this current incarnation, the

And what do you know…a blond male with an able body was exactly what she wanted in her virtual shopping cart

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As Peyton stood in the doorway to the PT suite, he noticed nothing about the tiled clinical space…and everything about the fe on one of the padded tables

Novo’s powerful body was strung tight as a wire, sure as if she were about to jue of the cushioned work surface, her legs dangling free, the muscles of her arms carved around the bones that supported the down into her hands

"Everything okay?" he asked in a guttural voice

"Gimme"

As she extended her hand, he entertained a fantasy that she was reaching across the room for his hard cock But no, she was after the Goose And as he to deny her?

Especially with that hooded look she was giving him

"Say please," he drawled

"No"

A bolt of lust funneled down into his sex and he s"

As he crossed the roo on with his erection, and fuck yeah she noticed, her eyes dropping to his hips and staying there

"Far be it from me to deny a female," he murmured as he held the bottle out to her

She drank fro the vodka as if it were Sprite And when she lowered the bottle, she nodded down at his hard-on

"Who’s that for?"

"You If you want it"

She took another draw, and he waited for her to tell him, with no sot was silence, his blood rushed even faster