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She’d be more confident in her abilities to handle Dalton Pierce if he hadn’t done the worst thing possible and touched her

A shiver raced down her spine Theshook her body She wished she could co shocked when her fur glove hit ry need pushed through her blood and burrowed into her gut, urging her to er

Hell no

Instead, she’d jumped back and run away Raven didn’t even care if she looked like a coward, she only kneas key to her survival that she get far away fro She was ready, dressed in ar vulnerable

She drove to the pub, unlocking the doors and flipping on the lights The vast space was quiet and hu in and out, now ghostly on this Tuesday Brewing a pot of coffee, she got ready,off and away fro up her workstation at a table enda for the day

The warm breeze blew in as the door opened She looked up

Da about men orked with their hands that had always turned her on She had a tendency to attract the starving artist types or bad boy rockers, but Dalton’s craft was just as sorthy The simple white T-shirt molded to his carved chest, and the jeans were faded and worn to cup his ass in exactly the right places His golden hair was tied back in a short ponytail He looked like Matthew McConaughey, one of her fave celebrity crushes The longish nose and deep voice that dripped sex The powerful aura and big hands that gripped tool cases and beae feet, too Why was she surprised?

"Morning" He set down thein"

"Need help?"

"No, "

He dropped his gaze to her breasts, sweeping lower, then back up Her skin tingled She cleared her throat, hating how virginal she was acting around him For God’s sake, she’d been around the proverbial block or two! She deliberately headed toward the bar "Good Ia bit fearful "Don’t know Did you use the whole coffee tree this ti"

"Like your men?"

This time, she tossed him a careless smile "Nope I like my h She could handle a lot of uy without a sense of humor left her cold "I can do committed"

Raven crossed her arrin hit all the right places in her girly bits "The night, the weekend, theas we’re happy Isn’t that what life is about?"

"For you,bridalabout dresses and favors and cakes"

He actually blanched, causing her to al crazy, but it was the perfect weapon to use on hiruht up in wedding chaos Building a house and planning a wedding in the same year isn’t a sht? She designed the Rosenthals’ estate Can’t believe a pair of Hollywood celebrities live right in our midst" The Acadeht property in Harrington while shooting a filarding her talent in building the perfect house for celebrity clients, and was now highly sought after by Tinseltown Raven considered her a casual friend, since she frequented the bar regularly, though her relationship with Cal an and Cal are building to live in will be better She’s finally able to see her own personal vision co around everyone else’s tastes" He paused, regarding her intently "Maybe you need the sae is the only way to prove a relationship is real Don’t you think youdown to these constrictions in order to fit in?" His eyes suddenly blazed like a brilliant blue sky "Wouldn’t you rather have soood for a little while, rather than fake for eternity?"