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Paige was always the one who asked that question She wasn’t used to being on the receiving end "I’ or two about those words" He held her gaze "I also know they’re not always the whole truth, even if ish they were"

She turned slightly, brushing his arm with hers "You’re hooing to be a beautiful wedding to her head in the sand, but she didn’t want to talk about Whitney anyeous sight laid out before us Like a Norhtly as he took in the scene, her heart lifted He would be fine There’d be days or even weeks when it would all drag hi run, he’d be better off without her sister Paige wouldfaster," she said, leaning over the railing to catch the big, fat flakes They ainst her skin, and she wiped her wet hand on her coat, the cold suddenly shivering through her

She was surprised when Evan pulled the lapels of her jacket together "It’s freezing out here Let’s go inside"

"Not yet," she whispered "It’s too beautiful to leave"

He was too beautiful A few precious minutes with Evan here and there were all she could ever have, and tonight she wanted those er

Snowflakes sparkled in Paige’s hair, the porch light danced in her eyes, and her breath puffed in wisps from her parted lips Behind theh thepanes, but out here they were in a world of their own

His fingers still rested on her jacket He couldn’t say how they’d co for the snowflakes He’d wanted to reach with her

And so that was frozen inside him shifted toward her warmth

He tried to make himself remember that she wasn’t only his soon-to-be ex-wife’s sister, she was also a good, honest, wonderful wohted doith all his baggage

But the subtle perfume of her skin, her hair, and the succulent pink of her lips ive a damn about all the reasons he should keep his hands off her

Lost in her chocolate eyes, he forgot who she was, forgot who he was Beneath the night sky and the softly falling snow, they became two people without a history, without a past

And with nothing between them but temptation

The hipped up, and she leaned into hi the kiss he’d craved for what seeht as a feather, testing, teasing, giving But when he ran his tongue along her botto her to open, to let hireedy to feed his growing hunger She pressed her hands to his chest as he cupped her cheeks and crushed her h of her taste, her heat, and the way she vibrated with need as she pressed her curves into hi them deeper into sensation, passion, desire Her hair was soft on the backs of his hands as he slid them down her shoulders, over her thick coat, to her waist, pulling her closer She pushed her hands inside his jacket, her touch scorching hiher with his body Taking her Filling her Owning her

Loving her

Reality knocked him hard in the chest He couldn’t love another woain

As he made himself draw back from her heat, her softness, the seductive pull of herthis was She was his sister-in-law--and they couldn’t kiss like this, consu for more, the next touch, the next taste And certainly not when he wasn’t even divorced yet He needed to tell her that he was nowhere near ready to put hiain That she deserved so ht

All he could get out was, "What are you doing tohis battered and bruised heart inside out No e wasn’t afraid to get in his face andthe truth of his desire for her…

Before she could reply, the glass door slid open and Jeremy’s excited tones tripped down the stairs "Look at the snow falling, you guys Let’s go out and play!"

He grabbed Paige’s hand and pulled her with hiht behind the up the yard Harper and Will joined the, "Let’s el" Ari called out to Matt, "Coot two," he replied as he joined them in the fresh powder

Charlie and Sebastian ju with Lyssa Susan made a snowball she threw at Daniel The yard was full of love and laughter At the head of the steps, Bob sently Even Francine had wheeled her walker outside, the lines of her face creased into a big se