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He shook his head "No fking clue"

She let out a low laugh "Maybe we should do it so her in for another kiss, which grew rougher andlittle whimpers in her throat for ht, she staggered for balance "What?" she ht That as vibrating Touching her still tingling lips, she pulled her cell phone fro text

Can you coo," she said, blood still rushing through her veins

Their gazeswith hi disaster And possibly an out-of-body-experience disaster to boot And now that she was thinking about it, she’d really like that…

"Behave tonight," he said

That ured that ht be a stretch"

"I do occasionally behave, you know"

"Is that right?"

His voice was low, husky Playful It was al, bad Sawyer had been With the silent night all around theht app "You heard the ht?"

The iPhone screen went foggy for a moment, then cleared, and tords floated to view

Absolutely not

With a low, h, Sawyer shook his head Of course, Chloe wasn’t going to behave She didn’t know the etically, like the odds were coainst her, and so kiss dissipated into the night But relaxing around her was just as dangerous as whatever had been crackling between them Sawyer took another look at the screen of her phone to see if it’d changed itshair stuck to his stubbled jaw Her scent filled his nostrils, and he shifted closer so that her shoulder bu close to her Way too much

"Ask it a question," she said

"Like what?"

"I don’t know Anything You could ask if you’ll catch another idiot convenience store robber, or have to replace any more batteries for Mrs Abbott anyti lucky--I always ask it that It’s good at giving love advice" She turned to the phone and said, "Magic Eight Ball, will Sheriff Sawyer Thorinned at him over her shoulder and peered at the screen, which clouded and then cleared, and two hed out loud hat Sawyer thought was a rather nasty glee "Saetting laid anytime soon?"

Sawyer didn’t knohat he wanted the answer to be, but before he could decide, the screen caood

Chloe burst out laughing again, bending at the waist with aroin

As that part of his anatomy was still cocked and loaded from their kiss, it was also now aimed His hands went to her hps to step back, but sonal, and he held her still instead

In the heavy silence, all he could hear was her suddenly accelerated breathing "Well," she said straightening "The Magic Eight app has never paid off quite so fast before"

Saas dizzy He was certain it had to do with the fact that he no longer had any blood in his brain

"Sex stirs up my asthma"

Sawyer blinked "What?"

"Yeah I probably should have told you that sooner"

He shook his head, trying to catch up He couldn’t

Turning to face hi my inhaler But they’re expensive, and I have this really crappy catastrophic insurance, and the inhaler isn’t covered at all" She drew in a breath "So I have this thing I do before sex A test An ‘Is He Inhaler Worthy?’ test"

He just stared at her "There’s a test Before sex"

"Yes And I should tell you, not ain, and she rocked against him, her actions at odds with her words "There’s a test," he said inanely

"A guy has to pass it before I’ll--"

"Have sex with hiaze locked on his mouth He could tell she wanted it on hers, and for once, they were perfectly in sync Having no idea what he was doing, he kissed her again, another no-holds-barred, tongues tangling, rock-his-fucking-world kiss that left hiered and her apparently unable to speak as they tore apart for air and waited for the world to right itself

Didn’t happen

She was breathing hard but not wheezing Good sign, he thought He stared at her ed not to take a bite out of that full lower lip It took a hell of a lothis shirt, and also a little bit of his skin and so Mostly because he wasn’t sure if she meant to push him away or pull him closer, and if it was the former, he didn’t want to remind her "Chloe?"

"Yeah?"

"I’d be worth the inhaler," he said, then forced hiht

Chloe busied herself ork, which wasn’t hard to do It was early, and she sat in the inn’s kitchen with her sisters preparing for their day

The B&B was thriving More and inning to schedule during the week as well Maddie continued to run the inn with supre, the supplies, and the equipment Tara, as always, handled the kitchen

And Chloe did her best to pick up the slack But the restlessness within her was still building, and cleaning and filing and answering phones weren’t doing it for her She had a talent, da about a way to get the B&B soood Lord," Tara said "Don’t tell ain Ieet, but they always refer to you as so to want to stay here with a troubled rebel, Chloe?"

"It’s okay, I didn’t get in the papers again"