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"Gabrielle is exceptional," Braden responded coldly

"She does seem rather extraordinary And not only beautiful but brilliant and accomplished too I aze was hot He was looking at le Book I half expected to see those little swirly things in his eyes

"Well, we’re enjoying the, uh, a to say, but my tone was upbeat! At least I was a friendly weirdo! His eyes raked over me unashamedly and then he moved on and I released the breath that I hadn’t realized I had been holding I wondered if s now

"And Ca you decided not to go to that party after all Things didn’t turn out too well for the guests, as I’m sure you’ve heard I must confess that I wasn’t heartbroken They’re not h I’m obviously a patron And, is this lovely lady your …" He shifted his leer to Jess

"Friend," Caht want to devour her Jess looked like a deer in the headlights A brave little deer, but no rin that looked a lot like Carin and I became convinced that he had evil superpowers and could uy "Very close friend," Ca her hand in his Jess seemed to snap out of it then and looked at Cam with a smile Derek nodded and then his eyes fixed on Lily with distinct interest – even beyond interest in getting her naked

"I recognize you," he said,it sound dirty A slow Grinch-like smile spread across his face Uh oh

"You do?" she asked dubiously She gave hi to place hi to research those stea event in New York Many wo" I was pretty certain he meant wo’ in the, well you know, sti sense

"Legal thrillers?" Ada next to Lily, asked with a shed out loud at the way he said it I had a sneaking suspicion that Adaine why not Without answering, Derek shifted his gaze to hiirlfriend?" I could see that Lily was annoyed with how he had asked that question It sounded kind of like he was asking him, "Is this your car?"

"Arch nemesis," Adam said with a s, Lily and I are very close," he said, putting his arave Adae but he moved on

"And is this your close friend, Drew?" he asked, looking at Mark Drew and Mark looked at each other and then quickly back at Derek as understanding of his implication dawned

"Good buddy," Dreered in a deeper voice than usual, slapping Mark on the back "Just hanging out here Doing guy stuff"