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"Thanks" Her thoughts shifted Yeah, he was getting extra work and she was paying hiood business deal He’d found these tables for her He’d bought her dinner He see this nice just to get her into bed? Why didn’t it feel like a carefully constructed seduction, but ot confused She asked "Why are you doing all this for me?"
He jerked back Those blue eyes"
She wasn’t an idiot Heher the tables and the work at a huge discount "Givinght me dinner" She couldn’t help the way the words felt like an accusation
"Crap, you’re right Why would I buy you dinner when you’re not only beautiful, but great coive you a break onthe benefits of free advertising for Pierce Brothers once everyone sees h standards in a husband, I better rescue you right now Let ive you some sound advice" He leaned in, each word punctuated with sher"
Sexual tension rippled around the hands and desperate kicks Then took a step back for safety Raven was rarely nervous around irl who chased after an array of boys to prove so or slay the de She liked the press of hard ainst her lips She was confident in her sexuality, comfortable hat she wanted, and rarely wasted tiaed the past and present together and ed them into one delicious chemistry Her tummy tumbled, and her nipples hardened, and herbut just stand there, leaning against the shed door, fingers hooked in the loops of his jeans, blistering heat in his blue eyes
She blurted out the first thing that caaze narrowed, assessed Feeling ridiculously foolish, Raven cleared her throat and kept talking, scra for balance "It’s quiet, I mean My cabin is also by the woods, but I don’t have the sa at the stars"
Nohy the hell had she told hi e He hadn’t responded yet, just stared at her with that intense expression,her more heated and uncomfortable
"What did you just say?" He flicked out the question with a touch of deh and waved her hand in the air "Nothing, I’ for no reason Really tired I’d like to head back now"
She turned on her heel, but his hand shot out and stopped her Five fingers blazed into the skin of her upper arled under his touch
"Wait What did you say about the stars?"
"I like looking at the stars Kind of a hobby of mine, that’s all Your house is elevated perfectly, with the eastern horizon on display I bet you could catch Bo&ouht around eleven Bo&ouht star called Arcturus and it’s pretty cool to trace it You can find it if you follow the Big Dipper" He looked so shocked, Raven shook her head "Sorry, not o?"
"Not yet" He didn’t release her, but the ressive It felt ht "I knohat Boötes is I know Arcturus, too I happen to have a telescope set up onis one of my hobbies, too"
She squinted with pure suspicion "Dude, don’t play et an inroad I told you on’t be sleeping together"