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They would have fed her cake

Anna could barely hold in her laughter until she got the door closed And if it was slightly tinged with hysteria, well then, at least she had the rest of recess to get ahold of herself

Before he went to the tape roo she often started her day at the stadiue "We have a proble outside Anna’s school "Fortunately, Cole, they aren’t legally allowed on a school ca that fear come back into Anna’s pretty eyes

"Of course she does Marrying an Outlaw is definitely not for the fainthearted" Julie pinned hiazes, always a little strange on such a classically attractive face "Look, Cole, I know you wanted to keep your relationship private, but the fact is, if you want theive the Anna, his sweet, innocent Anna, to the craziness of fa about a press conference One interview" She held up her hand to stop hiestion "I’ll handpick the journalist Trust et the scoop on the surprise e of the season"

"Anna never asked for this"

"Speaking fro an Outlaw has always been worth the price that sometimes needs to be paid"

Cole knew he hadn’t done a daood, soman like Anna--especially with the bonus that she’d turned out to be a wildcat in bed But despite the way he couldn’t stop thinking about her, couldn’t stop touching her--despite how good just being with herhi to fall in love with hi to make sacrifices in the name of love for her husband, Anna wasn’t in love with thehim She didn’t know about his past, about the fact that while hebut sweet before

Anna didn’t deserve to pay any price at all

Unfortunately, none of that made a damn lick of difference to their current situation A situation that was entirely his fault

"Should I make the call?" Julie held up her phone, her eyebrows raised

"Make the damn call"

He’d hit the tape room later First, he needed to beat the crap out of so dummies

Anna couldn’t believe the way her day had gone If she’d been sestion to have the school get a substitute--and stayed in his bed all day Instead, she’d naively walked into a situation so far beyond her control, she didn’t have the first clue about how to get it back in line She’d never seen so many parents coirls and boys who usually took the bus By the time the last of the that pasted-on s out in her classrooot to her weekly planning session Between the squeals over the size of her ring to the not-so-veiled questions about what it was like to beOutlaw--they didn’t care about the married part, just theheadache turned into a biting inia acted like a nor much as she had with her mother, as soon as they were in the car, Anna said, "I’m really sorry I didn’t tell you about Cole"