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"You’re quiet this ainst the top of her head

She quickly blinked back tears God, she had gotten so attached to that voice this weekend Whereas once a statement like that from him would have pissed her off, now it just er Here, pressed against his warmth, here she wanted to stay Should she just put her feelings out there? The worst that could happen was that he didn’t feel the sauess" Shit! She couldn’t force the words that she wanted to say past her lips She just couldn’t bear to have it end yet For the next two hours, he was still hers and, right now, that was soht, where did you get those dance moves? I never would have believed you had it in you" She smiled as he chuckled

"So It helped that everyone was too drunk to notice the times I almost tripped over my own feet I really enjoyed your friends Well, with the exception of Jill She’s not easily deterred"

E eyes "That was a different Jill fro through a divorce and I believe she was a bit desperate to prove that she’s still got it In her defense, you looked pretty hot last night"

Brant gave her a surprised but pleased look "Ireally?" It was obvious that he wasn’t used to co that he had certainly not received any from her in the time they had known each other Most of her coative and critical That he enjoyed finally being on the receiving end of so positive was apparent Why oh why couldn’t they have met under different circu als have been different if they had , attentive, funny and affectionate all weekend It was hard to believe that it was all an act Somewhere inside of him, thatattraction between thes would never have escalated to the love/hate, well, mostly hate, relationship that they had It was never too late to try to change things, was it?

Giving his hand a squeeze, she said, "Oh yeah, you knocked my friends for a loop Even David couldn’t keep his eyes off you"

Pulling their clasped hands to his lips, he kissed her knuckles "No one held a candle to you I was the envy of everyshe rarely did: blushing There was no doubting the sincerity of his words She alht attendant picked that e service and the ainst hi the steady beat of his heart against her ear as the last ht passed so much faster than she wanted

Brant pulled the last of their bags froe carousel and wondered to hi beside him aardly "Did you drive to the airport?" he asked

"No, root canal, rehed for aall that had taken place after her out-of-it plane ride to Miami He was secretly relieved to have an excuse to extend their ti more than to ask her to come home with him, but he wasn’t sure how she would feel about it

He took her carry-on bag froive you a ride" Damn, was it okay to call her baby now? Should he have just said Emma? She didn’t seem uncomfortable over his slip, so he decided to relax and stop overthinking everything If she ju back, he would know that she wasn’t feeling what he was Si but?

Emma came to an abrupt halt when they reached his car He popped the trunk of his Mercedes SL550 and stored their luggage inside She gave him an incredulous look "You drive a sports car?"