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Bitterness trickled through hiet her into bed"

Aidan responded with a harsh laugh "Right, like you don’t want the sa a seot here You undress her with your eyes whenever she’s in the roo that to ru deal, nor was it ever going to happen again"

"Can you at least admit that you want her?"

"Christ Fine I want her You happy now? But guess what,doesn’t autoet it So yeah, I think she’s hot, and yeah, she getsto act on it" He let out a frustrated breath "If you want to sleep with her, go ahead You have , okay? Butwith the woman, so for fk’s sake, leave h as he left Dylan in the living room to cool off Last ti attracted to someone, it had been toward Aidan hi a man out of the context of a threesome, and it had taken him a while to realize that sometimes you couldn’t help who you felt an attraction for

And now Dylan was fighting the way he felt about Claire A blind person could see how much he wanted the woman, and Aidan didn’t blame him one damn bit He’d known Claire for only two days and he could honestly say he’d never been more drawn to a woely soothing He was still reeling over the fact that he’d told her and Dylan about hishe never spoke of, yet when Claire had asked about his parents, the confession had slipped out without warning And afterwards, he hadn’t felt exposed or embarrassed, the way he usually did when he revealed personal details about hi up to Claire when he’d been denying Dylan the sae forhe did know--he didn’t want Claire to go yet

Which hy he wasted no ti for Dylan’s bedroom so he could hopefully convince one very pissed-off redhead not to skip town

He rapped his knuckles on the door "Claire, it’s Aidan Can I coloomy "Sure" came from the other side of the door

He stepped into the bedroom and found her on the bed with her MacBook in her lap Her striped shirt had fallen off one shoulder, revealing sle with the urge to stroke all that softness

"Did you book a flight yet?" he asked

"No" She met his eyes "You here to talk me out of it?"

"Yes"

Irritation flashed on her face "Don’t bother I’o, sweetheart"

"Oh, really? Now you’re an expert on what I want?"

Ignoring her squeaky protest, Aidan swiped the computer from her lap and walked over to set it on the dresser He strode back to the bed and sat beside her There was a foot of space between the from her body, s in her throat