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Knehen he banged huht

It was like he was so her to a house she didn’t want to even enter,his full-scale addiction to Paradise, his elusiveness had to be the explanation for the attraction

Had to be--

Paradise sat forward and said so loved whatever it was, throwing his head back, laughing like the fee Carlin

Novo drank half of her Scotch

When she brought her head back to level, Peyton was standing in front of her "Hey, we’re gonna go See you in class toht by, the three look-alike friends in his wake like water-skiers behind a flashy boat

Boone got up and stretched "I better head, too Have a good night"

"We’re going as well" Paradise s’s hand "Enjoy yourself"

Annnnnd then there was one

One advantage to being totally self-sufficient and independent was you didn’t care if you were left alone But for soht, it dawned on her that none of them would have done a toilet flush like that to Paradise

Not that Novo resented the feht the object of Peyton’s affection eak It just see

Whatever

Novo stared past all the eled on the far side of the sunken area There were probably three hundred guys she could fuck if she wanted, including Mr Four am, the bartender Just as many women if she were in that kind of --

Peyton popped into her line of sight from out of nowhere--to the point where she wondered if he wasn’t a holograot raoing over to the sofa where he’d been, he stayed where he was

"Yes?" Novo drawled

"What are you doing?"

"Taking a load off" She indicated the seating area "I would think that’s self-evident"

When his stare drifted down her body, she narrowed her eyes "The questionhere, Peyton?"

TWENTY-TWO

Elise had the hard building at her back and Axwelle’s even harder body at her front, and there was no place she’d rather be