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Was sizzling Water droplets on an iron skillet Eue

He set the cas, and wishing for a glass of water, laced his hands low on his belly Outwardly, he was cool, a pro He knew his business

It was his insides that were scraed hireat was the chance that he’d also been ht see in his eyes, he finally ca in the sights?"

She shook her head, her hair a colored , sweetheart, you’ll have to do a better job than that"

"What gaveto any particulars

She settled into the chair, which looked like it was fashioned fro a whole lot of thigh where her skirt fell open at the side And not just thigh, he quickly caaze from all that bare skin back to hers

"This is the second time this week I’ve seen you and your phallic equipment in front of my store," she said

"You don’t say"

She inclined her head, indicating the designer boutique across the way "Either you’re a co tabs on so a ritzy and exclusive shopping spot near Mialasses a half inch down his nose, glanced over, and winked "I just like taking pretty pictures"

She narrowed her eyes, her long dark lashes as thick as the bristles on an artist’s brush "More like you don’t surveil and tell"

He shrugged lazily He wasn’t one to co you know Whenever you’re ready…I’m all ears"

She looked across the street, where cars no longer drove, where trees no in beds lush with shrubs and tropical flowers, her mouth twisted up as if she wasn’t sure she wanted to say anything at all

He studied her while her attention was elsewhere, certain she knew exactly what he was doing, while not the least bit bothered by the invasion of her privacy

It was ten ah or far enough into the day for her to look as disheveled as she did

She’d said the store across the street, Splash & Flambé, was hers, and that led hi like she’d just tu this way and that where it fell free fro it

She leaned forward, then propped an elbow on the table’s edge and rested her chin in her hand as sheinto her cleavage

But he was a guy, and it was there in the deep V of her neckline, where the lapels of her jacket gaped over her blouse, and he wasn’t going to pretend otherwise

He ue and didn’t even bite it when she used the tip of one slender finger to stroke his big lens