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Hell

Her body ue, and the damn world around him ceased to exist Every cell in his body zeroed in on her Daht now Strip off those thin blue pants and get her against the wall Or take her like he had in the apart as he lost himself in every wonderful inch of her body

Lucian wouldn’t even care who could see them

But first he wanted to taste her ainst his, how her--

Yanking free frohs as she stu she o," she said, and then all but darted back into Madeline’s rooo after her, but he fought it down as he closed his eyes, focusing on deep and even breaths It was a long, long time before he could move froo to her--not to show her just how not okay he really was

Chapter 16

Julia had no idea what Madeline had painted on the second sheet of paper It was a lot like the first one, a led in hat reminded her of a flesh tone There was another set of eyes Just like with the first one

Julia was no artist and she often didn’t get the artistic value ofeyeballs were a little creepy

Sht back"

Madeline didn’t respond as Julia picked up the pan and cleaning supplies she’d used earlier Carrying the ite the pan out Once clean, she placed it down in the tub to dry out The toent into a small hamper by the door Another yawn crept up her throat as she wiped down the bathrooht She hadn’t heard any mysterious footsteps, thank the Lord Her brain just wouldn’t shut down after everything that had happened yesterday--hell, the last couple of days

Her hand stilled, causing the dalanced out into the bedrooht before last? It had to be one of the other brothers or ested Ghosts? That was justinsane As ridiculous as Lucian hireat cup of tea

She’d probably needed that last night

When she wasn’t thinking about the weird footsteps, she was turning over everything the cousin Daniel had said and how Madeline reacted to hi him to visit despite their issues

It couldn’t hurt

Daniel wasn’t the only thing she’d lain awake thinking about That darin of Lucian’s was firmly implanted in her head until she finally fell asleep

He wassweet Jesus, he was a handful and a half She could easily understand howwith their panties, when it caht on the porch, outside of Madeline’s rooone haywire on her She had been seconds away froh to allow him to kiss her

Absolutely ridiculous

She knew better than to even allow herself to be wooed into that position where she had been seriously considering being all kinds of reckless He just had thatthat way about hi else she saw in him yesterday In the short period of tiave off this laid-back persona, a rich playboy without a care in the world except for his sister He was char He was a silver-tongued devil when it came to words, but she saw the crack in the façade She’d seen the shadows lingering behind the srin