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"True," Dylan said "And you’re right, the pink splotches on her neck are a definite sign she’s turned on"

Claire’s fork clattered onto her plate "She is sitting right here, assles"

"Is there so your face’s various shades of red?" Dylan said silkily

She turned to glare at Aidan in accusation "You proht"Trustme all hot is, what, norrabbed her fork and speared a piece of her pancake "I hate you both," she inforrinned "No, you don’t"

"No, you don’t," Aidan echoed

For one exasperatingtheir s off their big, hard bodies As usual, her body reacted, brsts growing heavy, puy tingling, heart squeezing with both heat and e lust, the relentless need, the strange rush of tenderness But daht She didn’t hate them at all

What she hated was the way they , Claire practically dove off the leather couch to grab her cell phone from the coffee table It was only ten o’clock, but she’d been looking for an excuse to disappear into her bedroo at her with that knowing expression Maybe if he dialed down his potent sexuality, she wouldn’t have to seek any escape she could

The rerownand the way they’d "innocently" kept brushing up against her the entire time they’d put up and decorated the tree As a result, she’d spent the whole evening so turned on she couldn’t ithout her puy aching or take a breath without her brsts tingling

Fortunately, Dylan had left around eight o’clock to meet "the boys", as he called them, which left only Aidan to contend with He’d stayed behind to do so a low of the Christhts And of course, he’d made sure to sit directly beside her when he had a whole other couch and two armchairs to choose from

For some reason, the men had chosen today to break their no-seduction pro she o heated looks and double entendres away fro

Unless Natasha could talk her out of it, which she was banking on

"Hi!" she said eagerly "What’s up?"

Natasha’s laughter tickled her eardrum "Wow, you sound ridiculously happy to hear froht back atcha, hon I have soured I’d call and see how you’re holding up"

"What time is it there? Oh, and I’, and you don’t sound fine at all Your voice is doing that weird gruuess you heard from Chris, huh?"

"Actually, I haven’t Not even a text since he went to Aruba I’ of our honeyo with Chris’s brother?"

"Yeah, but I don’t think I’ll be staying for hed, then decided not to beat around the bush "I had sex with hi but silence echoed on the extension