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He was actually pretty proud of hied to beat the shit out of his alar into teered in the shower for a few minutes on the off chance that Rory decided to join hiht be in need of an extra hand or two to help soap up her incredible body It was a sacrifice, but one he illing to ave up and started getting ready When he stepped into his rooh when he found his bed e him the excuse that he needed to focus on her A wave of exhaustion hit him and he’d been te in his arms he hadn’t seen the point

He’d just been resigning hi her when he spotted her walking towards her Jeep, carrying her backpack and therh his body, shooting straight to his heart and stealing the air out of his lungs and before he knew it, he washer into his arly, which still stunned hione for her pliers He’d dated plenty of women in the past, but none of them made him feel the way that she did, complete On some level she’d alwayslove to her, so inside of hioing to fight it either

He was done fighting with her

When this project was over, he was keeping her, deal or no deal She belonged with hi, well, to everyone else Years ago he knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, but he’d convinced himself that they were both better off without the added co her to take a real chance on hi he had a taste of what it could be like between theive that up

He was still going to steal her brothers out from under her and run her out of business, but now he planned on doing it with a little o under, he was going to step up when the time came and buy her business That way Rory wouldn’t feel like a failure and leave town so she’d be able to spend the day working for hi his na out of breath as she pulled her lips away froht, what?" he asked in a daze as he moved in to pick up where they left off, but Rory had other plans With a teasing smile, she pulled her lips further away fros around his waist

"We’ll have to continue this tonight, because I really have to go now or I’h as she tried to pull her legs away fro that

He ht where she was so that he could lean in and steal a kiss before they clarified one or two things "You’re having dinner with h she really didn’t have a choice in the matter

"I usually ainst his lips as her hold around his waist tightened and he was te and take her back to bed, but he had work to do, sad, but true If he wanted to keep Rory in his bed on a per to have to learn to prioritize

Plan and work first and then a dinner with me instead," he informed her, since she seemed to think that she had a choice

She didn’t

But that didn’tto be a complete prick about it "You can pick the place I don’t care if you’re brothers are there, but you’re going with me"

He wasn’t too surprised when Rory pulled back, looking"And if I don’t?"

For a few seconds, he considered threatening not to put out, but then he re with and decided that it would probably be best not to take a chance of her calling his bluff Instead, he carried her the rest of the way to his truck as he said, "You will"

"What if I pick theher head slightly to the side, studying him as she waited for his answer

"That’s fine within to steal a quick kiss before he carefully set her on her feet "You can have whatever you want"

"For the deal, right?" she asked, eying hiround