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"I rin that made my heart flip

"Remember, the early dinner will be before I’ve invited so your best manners"

I crinkled up my mouth "I’ll try to find some by then"

He took a step closer to me, reached up to brush the hair away from my face I looked up into his eyes and a jolt of heat shot throughthe feel of his ht in Aic had followed us home, and swirled around us as we stood on the tattered, rubber h her vertical blinds

"Until Friday, Emilia," and he dipped his head to drop a chaste kiss onto walk down the steps and back to the town car I watched him the entire way, et a little tongue

It was Sunday afternoon and I was exhausted, of course, but I knew I had to call Heath right away--on his strict orders--and let him kno the whole weekend had unrolled "What?" he shrieked when I got to the part about the phone call, but for a minute I couldn’t tell whether it was his concern over the near-crisis with the game patch or that he couldn’t believe Ada on account of business

"He had you on the couch stripped to the waist and playing with your girl parts and he answered the phone? He’s gotta be gay"

I laughed "Wishful thinking, I’m afraid It was very obvious that he was turned on and very reluctant to answer the phone Apparently the guy arned not to call unless it was an eonna pay you? He had his night"

I clearedfrom one foot to the other

"Hello? You still there?"

"Yeah"

"So…?"

"So I think heanother auction"

"There’s no fucking way I’ another one, doll Your favor debt toto be funny--ha ha It ard, he was acting all cold and distant, not like the night before"

"Okay So you joked around…and then what?"

"Well, then he gets all weird and starts saying I don’t have the right to sleep with anyone else but him until the contract is fulfilled"