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Nick held his hands up, still refusing to make eye contact and said, "Ladies, I don’t haveabout hemorrhoids, tauy, well unless it’s with ing out of your body, ok?"
They all laughed, and Suzy called the waiter over to order a beer for hiuy really needed to loosen up She had to appreciate the fact that although he didn’t know the her to a doctor’s appointment and then spend lunch with three woood man
All too soon lunch was over and they dropped Claire back at the front doors of Danvers Suzy tried to convince Nick to let her go into the office to pick up her mail, but he adamantly refused He did offer to pick it up on Saturday and bring it to her By the time they made it ho all over She didn’t want to adrateful when Beth suggested she rest on the couch for a while
Nick offered to stay for a few hours so that Beth could go to the super She’d refused to wear sweat pants for another day so Beth had caved to pressure and pro by tomorrow
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Gray sat on the bed in his hotel looking down at his cell phone He’d wanted to hear Suzy’s voice, but according to Nick’s text, she was sound asleep on the couch Disappointh he’d just talked to her a few hours earlier Running his hand across his face, he adht about hi him apart He knew that once she was his, he’d be able to breathe easier when they were apart Right noith so round while he ay He just couldn’t start over again with her It had been hard before, but now that he’d finally established intih they hadn’t had sex, the bond was there He’d go to pieces if she walked away now Giving someone this type of power scared the hell out of him If he was smart, he’d probably run and never look back He knew that he’d past the point of no return, his life ith Suzy and a life without her was nothing at all
The one thing still stopping hih to believe that the silence since changing phone nuh time he dealt with it He couldn’t start a life with Suzy with so over them It was also ti on When she’d asked about hi, he’d been stu to find an explanation Gray had always believed in being honest and he wasn’t going to continue keeping so like this from her He didn’t want to tell her over the phone, but as soon as he got home, it was ti
He was surprised at hoell things had progressed between them The feel of her hand on his butt yesterday had both shocked hiht him to his knees He’d always desired her, even with the front she presented to him and the world You couldn’t be a male and not immediately take notice when she walked into a rooeous woman and she didn’t dress to minimize it It wasn’t that she dressed specifically to draw attention to it; she was just unique and her style represented that He wouldn’t change anything about her Just srance of her perfuh to make him hard as a rock
He’d been amused by her when they’d first s just for the shock value He had a feeling being raised by such uptight parents had so to do with it He’d bet that she’d spent her adolescence finding ways to get a reaction out of them They probably about had a coronary the first ti anih the se Suzy h, but she was breakable She acted like she didn’t want or need affection when in reality, she craved it She wanted soh to peel back her layers and see the person inside
As Gray started dressing to attend a party at the home of their potential new custo bothered hi was ok He hated to have these gut feelings because they invariably drove hi them finally presented itself
Chapter Twelve
Gray had been gone for almost teeks Suzy had no idea it was possible to miss someone as much as she’d missed him The simple trip that Gray had assuer than he’d iined He had been in Nevada for a little over a week and then in California dealing with a supply probleuy at Danvers, Declan Stone, was flying down to California in the ht someone should be there for a few extra days to ensure there were no other issues and he didn’t want it to be hi just to see her but she’d put her foot down, or her boot at least As much as she wanted hi plans for Gray toht when he finally made it home and she didn’t want to be rushed