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"M me an out but I couldn’t take it I wouldn’t take it, noI wasn’t about to diminish theaard The sa to leave ered oninside ht to the fore Lovebears couldn’t be far behind But it was much, much too late to worry The words were already out there If love was for fools then so be it At least I’d be an honest one
He stroked ers "That was a beautiful thing to say"
"David, it’s okay--"
"You’re so fucking i me short "I want you to know that"
"Thank you" Ouch, not exactly the words I wanted to hear after I adht his lips tome over It left no room for worry
"I need you again," he whispered, kneeling between s
This time we did make love There was no other word for it He rocked into ainstsecrets in ht for hi as could Sweat dripped off his body, running overinto the bed sheet He made himself a permanent part of ly slow near the end
It felt like it went on for forever I wish it had
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Adrian went ballistic over the bruises on David’s face He didn’t seeain, either There was a brief flash of shark’s teeth before I was hustled into a corner of the big dressing roo only those invited into the inner sanctu, fancy hotels in town Lots of twinkling chandeliers and red satin, big round tables crammed full of stars and the pretty-people posses that accompanied them Luckily, I’d worn a blue dress, the only one that reh shoes Martha had ordered Kaetrin, the Bikini Girl, David’s old friend, had been on the other side of the rooet wrinkles if she kept that up Happily, she got bored with pouting at me after a while, and wandered away I didn’t bla mad If I’d lost David, I’d be pissed too Wo for his attention I could have high-fived son of Jiirl on one knee and a busty blonde on the other, much too busy to talk to me I still hadn’t met the fourthht youokay?"
"Thank you Yes Everything’s great"
Wonderful as to risk the taste of alcohol He nodded and passed the glass of cha out of his leather jacket Other people ht put on tuxedos but David stuck to his jeans and boots His one concession to the occasion was a black button-down shirt "Do me a favor and put this on"
"You don’t like ’s a bit cold in here," he said, wrapping the jacket around rin that would have melted the hardest of hearts Mine didn’t stand a chance With an ar out the rest of the roo it a bit cool" His gaze fell todawned on eous, but not so subtle in certain ways And obviouslyat all
"Oh," I said
"M to talk business with Adrian, but I can’t I’ distracted because I love your rack"
"Excellent" I put an arm over my chest as subtly as possible
"They’re so pretty and they fill ht It’s like ere rinned like the horny, lovesick fool I was
"Sometimes there’s this al, standing over here watching everything"
"Nothing in particular, just taking it all in Looking forward to seeing you play"
"Are you now?"
"Of course I ahtly on the lips "After I’et out of here, yeah? Head off somewhere, just you and et so to eat, maybe"
"Just us?"
"Absolutely Whatever you want"
"It all sounds good"