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"Better than I expected" She sliced a cherry to for an explanation for ether, the better ot two chances left toyou withit"

"You’re not as quick to anger as you used to be"

"What makes you say that?"

Funny how she’d snapped that question at him "You only punched me once when I ambushed you at the Twin Pines" He sotten at least another shot in"

"That doesn’t count because I was shocked to see you and off eted "I’ll admit I have mellowed some"

"Got you down cold, don’t I?"

"Don’t get cocky, McKay You still have one answer to go"

"You marked an occasion in your life with a tattoo"

Her mouth fell open "How did you know that?"

"I didn’t But I suspected" Dalton leaned forward "What is it? A heart? A flower? A butterfly? An Asian sy you And since that is a cosain"

"I noticed you stopped biting your nails"

He watched as she autoers into her palms "You’ve always had ripped cuticles and short nails Now you don’t"

The waitress delivered their main course and conversation ceased It wasn’t uncomfortable silence, just contery because the food disappeared fast

"Now before you start in on the changes in s about you that I don’t know Big Srin "Sexy"

"Oh, I can do sexy" She lowered her voice to a throaty purr "I like to wear h-end stuff, but my bra and my panties have to match" She took a quick look around the restaurant before she started to undo the buttons on her blouse "Today I wanted to feel fe his avid eyes, she let her finger trace the satin piping of the bra cup across the mound of her breast

Dalton made a low sound in the back of his throat

"In spite of the pretty packaging, this one offers a lot of support Which er up and down over the swell

"I’azed into her eyes "Is it just a tease or is it real?"

"What do you mean?"

"What would you do if I sat beside you and ranthat line? Would you push me away? Or would you arch your back and offer me more?" Dalton leaned forward "Would you let me slip my hand into your pants so I could see for myself that your panties matched your bra?"

Flustered, Rory buttoned up her blouse "I’ll save you the trouble It’s a red thong"

Not so bold after all, are you, sweetheart? But you wanna be and I can ith that

They stared at each other, both of the hard There’d never been this intensity between theether

"What are you thinkin’ about, jungle girl?"

"Underwear," she blurted "Whether you wear boxers or briefs"

"Boxers Tellelse about you I don’t know"

She paused "I teach a yoga class at the coa, huh? Did you learn that from yourenough I enrolled in a class in college, loved it and I’ve been doing it ever since Got my teacher’s certificate just for fun There weren’t any classes available here so I started one"

"So technically you’re not down to one job if you’re still teaching yoga"

"Teaching yoga isn’t a job It saves my sanity"

"Anyone can coed "Never tried it Might be interesting"

"Challenging," she corrected

He shoved his plate aside "Tellyou haven’t told anyone"

"Why are we still playing twenty questions?"

"You clai I can about you So quit stalling Answer the question"

"Sorees and wish I would’ve done another field of study" She froze "Shit Sorry I didn’t et it"

"Hey" Dalton picked up her hand "You don’t have to apologize or pretend with me I won’t tell anyone e’ve talked about"