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She rolled her eyes "You al up until that last part"

"I al, you know"

She couldn’t follow his train of thought, how they’d ju "Ruined it? How?"

"I wanted to kill every uy there who didn’t look, princess All that blood in the middle of their party" He shook his head "It wouldn’t have been pretty"

"But you never noticedwhen I wore that dress and had the makeup artist make me up"

His eyes were dark, his face as serious as she’d ever seen it "Trust me, I noticed you before that Way before that"

"Are you up for one more destination?" Sophie asked a little while later, when they were leaving the restaurant

Attraction had buzzed between them as they ate the rest of theirher to bed Coood on his proain And oh, the ways he was going to touch her

But when she gave him one of those beautiful smiles that had alwaysI want to show you It’s not far froree to whatever she wanted?

Hand in hand, he let her lead the She reached into her bag and pulled out a key card, holding it in front of the electronic lock It clicked open and she pulled on the door

"You’re showingother things," as she pulled him toward the next set of doors, which led to the locker rooms and then, finally, the pool

She kicked off her shoes and dropped his hand to reach for the he?" It was a stupid question He knew exactly what she was doing He just couldn’t believe it

"Getting undressed"

Hallelujah!

She pulled her sweater off over her head, then quickly took off the top she’d been wearing beneath it Her skirt ca in front of Jake in only her bra and panties

"Do you need help taking off your clothes?"

Didn’t she know he could hardly put together a coherent thought when she was standing in front of hiood?