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"Or ine and cruised under the palm trees It was a very short drive to the B and B, so I didn’t waste any ti to date, Sawyer--"

"If? Wait, what?"

"--I want to make sure that we’re exclusive," I said "That’s the only way I want to do this"

He was very slowlyhis wrists where the cop had cuffed hirily across the car that

"What?" he finally exclai did you date Aidan?"

"Three years," I said

"And in that three years, did you ever have a conversation with hie about dating exclusively?"

"No," I said meekly

"Then why are you asking me?" he demanded

"Sawyer!" I said, exasperated "You have a reputation for getting around"

"When I wasn’t dating you ! Don’t you think I would autoirls if you and I were together? I said so like this to you before Aidan even broke up with you, because you said so like this to me I mean, if you think so little of me, what do you want to date me for?"

I remembered, with a slow burn across my cheeks, the note I’d lost in Harper’s house, in which Tia and I had discussed exactly this I wondered again whether he’d found it

I drove up to the gate and punched in the combination But when it was open, I didn’t pull out onto the road right away I turned to Sawyer

He had the saht now I know that’s not what you meant, and I didn’t mean to--"

I leaned over and kissed him

His arms wrapped aroundit very, very sexy for a ht, sweet kisses on ain

"I know"

His lips lingered on et gawked at by passing motorists" A car zoomed by on the road