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"Did you see what he was carving? He refuses to tell me He keeps it hidden outside the studio under a padlocked tarp so I can’t even take a peek," I asked

Vin’s watery srin "I saw it… but roaned in frustration and threw Vin a wave as I grabbed my purse and ran out the door

I made it to Axel’s studio in record time

From the moment I entered the studio, I felt a chill in the roo the water I could hear Axel chipping at the o outside, but he’d asked me not to As a curator I respected his creative process and his need for privacy But as his girlfriend, I couldn’t stand it!

Axel walked through a second later dressed in a long black sleeved shirt with a padded vest over the top His black oversized beanie sarette balanced between his lips

He was so daarette from his mouth so I could kiss his lips "Mmm… that’s better," I arette between his lips

Wavingbreath and nodded his head That was hio, but the at the saame today for the Huskies Axel had been desperate to see his brother play We kneas the star player Unsurprisingly, Levi hadn’t ever asked Axel to go watch I’d decided that was bullshit

I was o today He wanted to see Levi play, so I’d made damn sure it would happen… with just a little help

I could see the apprehension flaring on Axel’s face Tracing ers down his cool cheek, I said, "In the end, he’ll appreciate that you went"

Axel turned his cheek into my hand, but his eyes stayed on o anyway Nothing else has worked"

The stadiuates Axel was tense and kept his head down as we pushed through a throng of excited fans He hated crowds, practically panicked whenever we had to be around this ed for us to sit in the faathered around two people, I waved ned autographs for the Husky fans