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"Does it look like I am?"

I turned to focus on the flowers and he stood at the stove, our backs to each other

"Do you knohat Caleb has planned for Hilary tonight?" I asked, breaking the silence hanging around us

"I do"

"Care to tell me?" I prompted, a smile on my lips

"I’ve been sworn to secrecy," he replied, still busy at the stove

"Well, what ti to surprise her?"

"About now"

"Then she’s probably already enjoying the surprise, so there’s no reason not to share now, right?"

"Possibly"

I turned and chucked a piece of ste you," he said, and I couldn’t stop the laugh I released at his nonchalance

Focused back on snipping another end fro ertips caressed a trail back and forth under my shirt, over the bare skin at the small of my back A chill raced up my spine, and a heated shudder wracked my body

"I love how you react to me"

"I sometimes hate it," I replied quietly

"Understandable, with our history, but never again I want you to love it as much as I do"

Histo the side to give hiue peeked out and ran up to the tender flesh behindfro with desire

"Grab some plates It will only be another one, back working at the stove as though he hadn’t just worked me up and left me famished

I closed s clenching tight to quell the heat pooling

Yeah, it was definitely going to be a long night

The floere set in the center of the table, with two plates on each side of the vase However, when I looked over to Logan, he was shaking his head

"What were you and Luke planning on doing tonight?" he asked

My brow cocked up as a provocative grin played onhim hat could’ve been with Luke