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She looked at hih half-lowered eyelids "Let me tel you what I’d rather you drip into h various fluids he could introduce to her navel

He covered her s like that" Taking her by the arh-heels and he scooped her up into his ar him around the neck as he spun around She looked spectacular in the earlythree of hours sleep He deposited her on the back of Jace’s ine He handed her a helainst his back, her ar his waist He covered one of her hands with his and smiled As much as this woman turned him on, he truly treasured her occasional bouts of tenderness Her free hand slid down his bel y and clutched his belt buckle His smile broadened So her bouts of tenderness were extremely occasional So what?

He drove the bike out of the parking lot and turned left in front of the expo center, sticking to the main road When they drove past a super store, Myrna shouted, "Stop here!"

He pul ed into the parking lot "Why here?"

"I can get everything I need here Drop et breakfast while I pick up a few necessities It shouldn’t take "

He pul ed to a stop in front of the store’s main entrance "I’l come with you"

"It wil be faster if we split up"

"Are you always in such a rush?" he asked

"I want to get back to the bus and play with ketchup"

That convinced him Myrna held onto his arm as she climbed from the bike She lifted her helmet’s visor and then ran her hands over her pockets "Crap, I forgot my purse"

Brian reached for his wal et "Here"

He pul ed out a chunk of cash and tried handing it to her She shook her head "I can’t take your ht ot that "I feel like a whore" look on her face that plagued her on occasion

"Pay me back later if it wildeal I’ve got plenty"

She snatched the bil s out of his hand "I’l pay you back" She glanced at the money in her hand "There’s over a thousand dol ars here! Why do you carry so uess when you survive on a hundred bucks a ain"

She started stuffing bil s back into his hand "I don’t need thisyou want But hurry up about it I’l be back with extra ketchup packets in less than half an hour"

She shoved the cash into the pocket of Jace’s jeans and lifted the visor on Brian’s helht each other’s ertips and pressed them to his lips

"I’l hurry," she promised

She dashed into the store like a woman on a mission Brian watched her until she was safely inside and then headed for the fast food restaurant down the street He ordered a lot of food, not sure ould be ahen they returned

"Can I get sorateful that the motorcycle visor concealed his face

"Sure Like how much?"