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Knowing it was make-or-break time, she played her final card "Please, Jake You’re the only one I can ask to helpjerk" She leaned in close to his ear and said in a hushed voice, "It will be our little secret"

God, he sood she wanted to rub her lips over the faint stubble on his cheek Instead, she forced herself to shift her weight away from him

Finally he said, "Fine If you’re that desperate, I’ll do it Although I still don’t think this plan of yours has "

"Oh," she said softly, the word desperate grating along with princess and Nice, "it ork all right I’ll make absolutely sure of it"

What the hell had just happened?

Jake McCann kneas supposed to feel about Sophie Sullivan He was supposed to love her the way a guy loved his little sister, to watch over her, to make sure she was safe and happy He was supposed to be blind to the way Sophie had filled out over the years

He shouldn’t have been appreciating her curves beneath her clothes as she’d stood in thepreparations And when he was putting her hat back on her head and her eyes had gone all drea her against him and kiss that soft mouth

But he couldn’t take his eyes off her as she walked away, couldn’t stop thinking about how soft her cheek felt against the pad of his thuers

Da had he worked to deny the way he felt about Sophie? Howhe couldn’t work out of his systeood for a few hours in the sack, but who didn’t have an ounce of Sophie’s natural elegance Her brains Her gentleness

Hoas he going towith Sophie when his self-control had slipped a littleclose to her as she ran through the wedding plans with hi if she would taste just as sweet against his tongue, had been slowly driving hihts, his drea in the h to pull her into his arht between two impossible choices Reach out and finally clai her for far too longor push her away for her own good

His chest clenched with regret as he remembered Sophie’s wounded expression after he’dto beShe was the last person in the world he wanted to hurt, which was exactly why he’d made sure to keep his distance as much as possible over the years