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Theat her, that massive body of his eased back in his seat, his knees spread wide, his drink in one long hand, the other up to his chin, his fingers on hisher in histhrough her veins in reply to those eyes of his, that erotic way he was lounging, that all-consu her with But it was funny As direct as his stare was and as unmistakable as the erotic tension was? He didn’t h she was very sure he was i to work out," Peyton said as he hopped into Paradise’s vacant seat "It’s all gonna be fine"
Switching gears--badly--Elise met her cousin’s eyes "Ah … I hope so And thank you for helping I didn’t knohere else to go"
"I told you Anytiar, releasing clouds of gray smoke that drifted over his head As he motioned with his hand to a waiter, and then circled the elasses on the low table, she had the distinct iain, maybe he was just subli to aspire to
As he joked with the hed at so her cousin’s face Peyton was handsouy everyone looked at and wanted to know … but he’d never been happy--at least not that she’d been able to see And he certainly wasn’t now Underneath the snark and the sexy affect, she sensed he wasn’t tracking, an essential detach in silence Mourning alone Rattled but pretending everything was normal
What had his ties to Allishon been? Of all the people who could have announced her death to the fa?
"How are you?" she asked quietly "You know, after Allishon’s--"
"I’ lowing end of his cigar "I’m spectacular"
His eyes were e all over again But if he could be strong, so could she
And then Paradise was back and sitting down in the lap of the trainee she’d been holding hands with "My father’s going to talk to hiht now"
Elise closed her eyes in relief "Oh, thank you, thank you so much … I really hope he can help"
"My father has a way about him that really calms people down" Paradise looked at her male with love in her eyes and smiled "And as traditional as he can be, he knows that that isn’t everything"
No, Axe told his libido No, absolutely not You are not going to have that feet it Drop it Walk away