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She was so beautiful

Marcus wasand danced in the center of her troupe No wonder she’d beco his eyes off her

He remembered the way she’d cohtclub si into the room Now he kneas partly because she was faular woman, people would have stopped and stared

As her curves shifted and grazed the thin Spandex barely covering her skin, he couldn’t stop hi what she’d look like naked, in his bed

As if she could read his thoughts, Nicola suddenly stu into a male dancer, and Lori quickly shut off theher off But he wasn’t going anywhere

Marcus Sullivan didn’t believe in hiding from his mistakes Hell, his relationship with Jill was the only ti was right He should have trusted his gut, but he’d been so focused on what he wanted to see, instead of as actually there

He knew exactly as between hiht and hot he was still singed from their one and only kiss

He’d been a fool to turn her down

He wasn’t going to be an even bigger fool by walking away froain

Chapter Seven

Please leave warred with Please don’t go inside Nicola’s head

Froone and needing him to be so much closer No wonder she’d barely been able to concentrate on rehearsing, with her brain and body pulled in two totally disparate directions the entire tiry eyes she knew she’d never be able to get out of her head

When they were finally done for the night, the dancers quickly scattered, leaving her alone with Loriand Marcus

Nicola had gotten over her nerves a long tiet anyone’s attention with her music But Marcus made her incredibly nervous in a way she’d never been nervous before

Shoving the rest of her things into her big dance bag, she was just saying, "Thanks for working us all so hard today, Lori I’ll see you to a Mel’s Diner shirt walked in carrying several large bags full of food