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And yet, a totally contrary part of her wished they hadn’t been quite so good at hiding their relationship from the world, because at least if there had been pictures of the two of them on the Internet, maybe they would have had to deal with each other in so able to cut each other completely away

She looked down at her watch and realized she’d now officially h fifteen days, six hours and thirty-four minutes without him At so minutes and hours any that she’d hear her naain, an out-of-the-blue "Nicola" that would have her looking up at his shockingly beautiful face, her heart racing with anticipation as she waited for him to issue another one of his sensual co up had taken

Marcus had never been big on watching TV or reading lued to theain, he needed constant reassurance that the woone straight to number one and her tour had sold out immediately She deserved all of that and more

So much hts ago with a plan to get theether She’d been beyond pleased when he informed her that he was already on it, and nohile she drove hi interviewed on the radio

"I’ll be honest with you, Nico," the radio personality said, "when I first heard One Mo that makes me want to dance But then I saw your acoustic video and finally realized what heart there is behind the song Tell us about that"

"I’ve always loved what I do," she replied, her slightly husky voice washing through Marcus’s veins like the first perfect cool sip of wine on a hot, dry day, "but I recently realized that I’ve only let people see one side of me"

"What made you decide to show us that other side of yourself, the heart-wrenching singer/songwriter that you’ve been hiding all this tiet in hed and he could practically see her s eyes, even across the radio waves "I’m afraid I didn’t take the advice very well at first, but eventually I caain that way I love the full production onwith s was so time"

"So, Nico, what’s next on your plate to conquer now that you’ve got the nule in the country and a sold-out tour?"

Marcus could feel Lori’s eyes on him as they waited for Nicola’s response

"Love"

The interview over, Marcus turned off the radio just as Lori exclai, isn’t she?"

"She is"