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The only one who hadn’t seemed interested in her was Dr Bradford He’d sat off to the side, reading or watching the planes take off and land His children and wife left hied any of them hen his wife or one of his children spoke directly to hi that one of his children said, except if Danny spoke that is Dr Bradford seemed completely oblivious to his oldest son

"We’ll see them at dinner and at the parks," he explained as he leaned down and brushed his lips softly against hers "Besides," he whispered softly against her lips, "if et aith sharing a roo at a different hotel?" she asked, deciding that pretending that his s they did was for the best

"No," he said, shooting her a wink as he stepped up to the front desk and handed over his ID and credit card

"That would explain why she hasn’t stopped calling since we got in the taxi"

"Or textingdown at his phone with a rueful shake of his head

"She’s going to make you pay for this later You do realize that, don’t you?" she said, knowing his uess that the older wo down

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"Are you tired?" he asked, running his fingers down her spine

"No," she

"Liar," he whispered, pressing a kiss against her bare shoulder

"Just give o," she muttered into her pillow

"How about this?" he suggested, pressing another kiss against her bare shoulder, savoring the fresh scent of her skin frorab a late dinner and end the night with a ht swim in the pool?"

"Sounds heavenly," she mumbled with a sleepy little smile, "but what about your family? Aren’t we supposed to meet them for dinner?"

"Already taken care of," he said, pressing another kiss against her bare shoulder as he moved to stand up "I sent Aidan a text and told hiht"

"You should go," she said, curling up on her side "I’ll be okay"

He let his gaze run over her naked for in her beautiful back, the curve of her hip and botto," he said, toeing off his shoes as he worked the fly of his pants

"Yourseconds fro asleep

"Probably," he said with a soft chuckle as he shoved his pants and boxers down "But she’ll get over it Besides," he said, crawling on the bed behind her, "she’s going to have her hands full tonight with reed with a soft chuckle that ended on a sigh as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer "Don’t let me oversleep"