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He did just as good a job of ignoring the change in subject "You don’t think I’ that sweet ass of yours, do you?"

"But you’ve neverto make it sound like we’ve done this before It’s not fair for you to--" She had to stop and breathe to get it out "--to spank rin stole her breath "You want me to That et the word no past her lips Not when she was suddenly feeling all tingly Not when she suddenly realized that she did want to see what being spanked felt like

But only with Cole

Standing quickly, Anna began to clear the table He didn’t take his eyes from her as he pushed his own chair back and stacked plates in the sink They were done by the tiinia walked back into the room

"Thank you so much for dinner, Cole It was really nice to inia’s "I’ll walk you out"

"Wow," her friend said when they were standing outside on the front step High on its hill, Cole’s property had a 360-degree view of the city lights "This place is really so about the lights Overwhel

"I love him"

The words left her lips before she realized they were co She lifted her hand to cover herherself away

"I know you do" Virginia turned to face her, her head cocked to the side "Although, honestly, I never would have picked a inia didn’t know he never would have picked her either, if it hadn’t been for his grandet it All she could do was try to convince herself that it had been fate A lucky accident

And that it was all going to work out perfectly

Anna fought back a chill of foreboding at her hopeful thoughts as her friend joked,

"Knohere I can find a big hunk of h, to fir up inside her

Cole hadn’t been in her plans A husband hadn’t been anywhere on the horizon But maybe if she was really, really lucky, it would all work out better than even her biggest dreaame," she said The VIP box would be way less scary with a friend by her side "Maybe we can sneak into the locker rooinia’s eyes widened with reat to see you so happy, Anna Not just happy, but--" She paused, searching for the right word "Free

You seem free"

Anna blinked back the sudden tears that wanted to fall She did feel free Happy In love

And scared

More scared than she’d ever been before

Cole didn’t want to interrupt Anna’s conversation with her friend, but he missed her like hell already A full day away fro with her at dinner, barely touching her because he knew if he started he wouldn’t be able to stop, had only fueled the fla outside to claiinia’s car start up Thirty-four years, he’d been as cool a fk as they cain to act like he wasn’t waiting for his wife

She stepped inside and he was about to go all Neanderthal on her again when he saw so