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He poured her aand walked back into the bedroo the sheet to fall, and he happily feasted on the vision of her perfect bare breasts, nipples pebbling in the cool

"How are you doing?"

She grunted "Between horseback riding and you, I’ll be hobbling around today"

Satisfaction curled in his gut Good A man had done his job if his wo"I need to call Morgan and check on Becca"

"As soon as you get dressed, we can go together" He studied her, looking for any sign of tension or defense "Do you want to talk?"

Amusement flickered in her emerald eyes "Do you?"

Damn, she was hot His heart squeezed He adored her smart-ass ways and her constant surprises "Yes I feel like I need reassurance"

This tih "We’re ht stand"

"Will you stop sneaking out of our rooh it was starting to get fun"

"I’ll find a new gaht?" she teased

"Yes Like last night Though I’d rather not have to chase you through the house next tiaze, and a strange fear clutched at hihts? He didn’t want to force her into his bed every night He needed her to want him just as bad "Syd? Look at e lint of sadness or just a trick of the light? "I can’t fight this any it But I also can’t have you doing this to--to get back at a her araze "Baby, that was no gaht"

"I can’t take the coldness anymore There’s no way I can be in your bed and deal with such distance in the "

He let out his breath and took her in his ar with the truth about Becca, but she was right They couldn’t go on with hi resentment He tried to put it in words "I’ry I didn’t kno to act It was easier to push you away and keep you there until I wrappedyou kept her from me, but I want you just as badly as you want ht our connection It’s not about revenge, Syd I want to try to e for all of us Especially Becca"

She nodded against his chest "Okay We can take it slow, day by day"

"Deal" He tipped up her chin and pressed a hard kiss on her an"

As he left the bedroo had slid into place He’d have Sydney in his life, and in his bed