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Tessa shook her head, still s, and headed back to the table Sam finished up with the drinks and carried the sure to put a touch more sway in her walk She’d learned how to do it early on to get tips before she’d becoer of the place She hadn’t lost the skill, and she wasn’t afraid to use it to torment the man who’d walked away from her No, not walked—bolted like his ass was on fire She moved from sway to full sashay Suffer, Gibson Andrews Feel the burn

When she stopped at the table, Kade looked up, all blond hair and broad seous like his stepbrother but without the dark and brooding vibe that Gibson see in at thetime no see”

“Right It’s been ages” She’d just seen the couple a few days ago, when they’d all gone to a ether “So, stalker boy, I presume the dirty martini is yours”

He took the drink froiven hiedly pursued her best friend like a bent knight on a quest She set the beer in front of Tessa and then finally turned to Gibson She kept her s she had to keep her coo a little scruffy, and the dark shadow of a beard only made him more edible But the look in his eyes hat sucked the air right out of her So this hat a gazelle er had flared in that deep blue gaze—open, naked, and without apology

God A jolt of desire went straight doard, like a rope being tug

ged Hello Lady parts officially engaged

She must’ve reacted, showed some chink in her expression Because as soon as that look was there, he shuttered it, glancing away and offering a flat “Hey, Sam”

Everything inside her deflated—the pin of reality popping the balloon of hope Ugh Stupid, stupid rab that thick, dark hair and aze, force him to show her the truth To be real with her But of course, she couldn’t touch him anymore And, well, that would look a little weird in the bar Sexually frustrated rabs custohtness in her throat, co her plan to look seductive and so over him “Crown and water”

She plunked the glass on the table without grace, causing some of it to slosh over the top

“Thanks,” he said gruffly

Silence ensued and Tessa cleared her throat “Us with the bacon? I’”

Sam snapped out of her daze and turned to Tessa “Potato skins You bet I’ll tell Angie to put in an order She’ll be handling your table I just wanted to come over and say hi”

Gibson took a long gulp fro to sn of discomfort God, this was so ridiculous

And she was done with it So things had gotten a little out of hand during that last training session He’d been helping her out, botto for her so she could learn how to use a whip They’d been through a feeeks of lessons and everything had gone well All had been done under the assu her froet hard when she whipped hiht of him And they weren’t supposed to kiss And she definitely wasn’t supposed to let hiainst a wall and put his hand beneath her skirt to get her off

But all that had happened, and when she’d tried to wrest control back and take hi had exploded in her face He’d snapped out of whatever spell he’d been in fro could happen between them because they were both dominants That he had ahad ended right there And she o, to buy that he was just a do her it was far ht For whatever reason, he wasn’t going to take the submissive role Period End of sentence

She wasn’t worth the risk to him

Fine