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Ari tipped her head to the side, and he wondered if she could hear the staccato beating of his heart She wasn’t the kind of woman who hid her emotions, but nor was she an open book

Especially not when she replied with a farhappen Nothing was your fault And you didn’t take advantage ofhis "I wanted you, Matt"

Hearing his name on her lips ht

Every tiht" He wouldn’t lie to her, but he also needed to remind the position It rong And I apologize for doing that to you"

She blinked, but she never looked away He wished he kneas going on behind her pretty eyes There were so s she could do Freak out Cry Quit

Instead, she held out her hand "Could you please hand ht of her bare arm reminded him vividly of her crea his ain, his body crazy for her even when his brain kneas a bad idea

He didn’t even want to consider what his heart wanted--or what it couldn’t have where she was concerned Because this was so daerie, and the si bra sent him deeper into overdrive His hands shook as he handed over the bundle

"I have to go in to the office thishis hands in his pockets so he couldn’t reach for her "Testing" It was the truth, but it was also daet dressed"

Without an ounce of self-consciousness, she slipped out of bed, stepping into the pretty pink lingerie that eous skin, the breasts he’d cupped and tasted Everything he’d tasted

He wanted to drop to his knees and tell her he was an idiot to end things like this

But he couldn’t For her sake, because she mustn’t ever feel she had to sleep with her boss to keep her job For Noah’s sake, to keep the best nanny he’d ever had And because Matt had proe of her He couldn’t change last night, but he could s, then pulled the shirt over her head and flipped her long hair out His fingers itched to run through the silky tresses With a bone-deep desire that was al her to return to his bed, to never leave hi either of theave hiht"

"It isn’t regret," he had to tell her, feeling like the lowest life for hi they’d done "It’s just that I couldn’t live withave him a look that made him wonder if she knew that reason was only the tip of the iceberg But instead of pushing him on it, she simply said, "Noah and I will be fine I promised I would take care of hi her hair back fro And it wasn’t your fault either, so stop feeling guilty There’s nothing to worry about, okay? Now, I’ll go get Noah up"

She stunned hi

So why didn’t he feel the least bit happy about it?