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"I get it You don’t need to reht million tihtened on the doorknob,Kellen is the only priority in your life right now Is that clear?"
That got me out of et to ot to"
Lucas opened the door, and when I was sure he was about to leave without trying for the last word, he turned around again "You can pretend all you ith the vampire, but you and I both knoho matters most to you If my sister isn’t back within a week, Secret, I’ll have Deseles Permanently"
The door closed behind him with a final click
As if I’d needed another reason to hate him
Chapter Ten
Insidewhat he’d done, I wished I’d kicked him out before Lucas and I went head-to-head The worst-case scenario I’d i hirin This orse
He was fully clothed and cleaning
"What are you doing?"
Holden held up a ruly "This is Cynthia Rowley What’s wrong with you?"
To me it was a purple shirt I understood brand names, even respected their appeal I’d wondered at women who paid two hundred dollars for a shirt until I owned my first one Bettera no-liranted that I owned the finer things in life
They were just things
Whether my shirt was fro my life any better or worse, so the shirt was on the floor with everything else I owned
When I didn’t reply, Holden shook his head with a disgusted sneer and continued hanging things in the closet In an order I couldn’t rab so room Damned speedy va them in color order," I observed
"Too obvious, and really doesn’t help much" He pointed to the left side of the closet "Nor For you I had to tweak it since, well…no day" Holden sue out in return "So ent casual to forh, on the left side were alltowards the right came my skirts, dresses and fancy Tribunal duds
"Well daood"
I loved seeing these glimpses into the anal-retentive fashion history of Holden Chancery His job at GQ had ended two decades earlier, and I’d thought his interest in clothing was only a lark, a passing phase as opposed to a life-long dedication But he obviously cared about this stuff a great deal
It was a fantastic distraction fro my mind, Holden said, "Your wolf has free will"
"Free will to send others away on a whim--"
"That wasn’t who I e ofhad been properly assigned its order andI sat next to him, and he looped a chummy arm around my shoulder "I know you’re worried, but remember, Desmond can say no"
I shook my head and nestled into the crook of his neck "Desmond can say no to Lucas about as ainstI just choose not to because I’ement of my liirl"
"Is that you offering to help?"
Holden kissed my forehead "I think we both know if I didn’t offer, you’d just force otten wise to you, love"
"Since you’re being so helpful, do you want to dothese?" He brought an extended forefinger intofrom it was a pair of violet-colored lace panties I snatched the far less"
When he reached to grab theled free of his ar to squir overed to turn underneath hi up at hia
He retrieved the underwear froainst mine and his face so close I could have licked his same of keep away, he let my nice La Perla undies slip onto the floor but re, and there was no way it was escaping his notice