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"Sort of" She sat next to hi, took his hand in hers The second they were touching, she was conscious of his maleness so close to her fe

"Sa a deal"

"You haven’t met them" He shifted on the cushion, then swayed just a little

She peered more closely "Are you Are you drunk?"

"Maybe I don’t kno many martinis Taryn poured Don’t worry, I walked"

"You left your parents alone at your house?"

"I had to They were going to have sex Or a deet nad" He shuddered "Why couldn’t I have normal parents? I could accept some level of eccentricity but not this"

She wasn’t sure how y she believed, but she was sure that it would take a fair bit of stress to get Sam drunk in the an

"My e condom brands"

Dellina frowned "How does she knohich brand you use?"

"The first thing she does when she arrives atMy cupboards, my drawers She asked about a vibrator she sent ether to keep fro Partially because it was funny and honestly, in part, out of horror "Your ned to stimulate a woman’s G-spot"

"I’m not sure I knohat that is"

Salared at her "Do not under any circumstances say that in front of my mother Do I make myself clear? If you tell her you don’t knohere it is, she will have you nad in ten seconds and then show you"

Dellina felt her eyes widen "She’ll"

"Touch it Yes Or have you touch it She’ll discuss stiasm"

While Dellina didn’t want Sa orgasm didn’t sound that bad

"Do you still have the vibrator?" she asked as casually as she could

"What? I don’t know Maybe It’s not the point"

"I suppose not," she said wistfully, wondering how gross it would be to do a G-spot internet search Preferably on sites without pictures because there were just so," he told her "These are my parents They’re like locusts They have to be controlled or they’ll sweep in and destroy everything"

"Seriously?"

He sucked in a breath "Fine They’ll destroyelse untouched" He stood and paced the length of her living room, then headed down the hall

She followed him and they ended up in her office He walked to the , then faced her

"I can’t do this," he told her "I have to leave the country I’ to Mexico I can’t spend a ith the this out of proportion," she said gently

"Aly shrill "Let’s see about that We have the dinner at Henri’s tonight If you think they’re coain If I’et to stay here while they’re in town"

"All I have is that futon in the other roo

"I don’t care if it’s the floor" He grabbed her by her upper arms "They’re not human"

She held in a se All parents are" She was sure if hers were alive she would be co about them For a second she let herself think how nice that would be

"Oh," she said as an obvious solution occurred to her "Why don’t you put your parents up at the hotel? Is it full? Do you want me to make some calls?"

He dropped his arms to his side "No hotel," he said flatly "It’s too risky I like this town and I want to stay here"

"Okay, and that has so to do with your parents how?"

"They don’t have boundaries Not as you know theet ice But they’ll be nad Or they’ll have sex in the lobby"

She felt her lips twitch "Sam, you have to take a step back Seriously, they can’t be that bad"

"You’re wrong They’re worse than you think You’ll ht and then we’ll talk"

"I can’t wait," she said with a grin

"You say that now"

CHAPTER TEN

DELLINA ARRIVED EARLY to Henri’s She spoke with the catering coordinator, then checked out the private rooe for a party of four, she wanted to see how the floorked After going through where they would hold the wine tasting, she returned to the private dining room to find that Sam and his parents had arrived

Dellina stopped in the doorway, studying them before they had a chance to notice her Say He looked fit and athletic, with an easy sray at his temples Lark wore a low-cut dark blue dress the color of her eyes Her wavy blond hair had been pulled back in two decorative coht, her expression pleasant and when she laughed, the happy sound seemed to fill the room

Sam turned and spotted Dellina

"You h but there was a hint of tension in the htness by his eyes

"I was looking at the rest of the venue for Friday night" She walked toward the three of them "I’m Dellina"