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He was shocked when he felt ar," against his back
Jerking around, he gaped at Alexia standing closely behind hi out to touch his ar, silly How did you sleep?"
"Erfine, thanks And you?" So at hi the bag froination She was leaving today, right?
"I slept great after our dinner" Again, she reached out to touch hi was definitely up "Thank you for listening to ht I know it see that happened, but we need to know before theabout? Apparently, he had been privy to this conversation last night, but damned if he could remember much about it Why had he let himself have that last Jack and Coke? He reo back to school That had to be it "Umyeah, of course" That’s it Try to keep your answers general so she won’t know that you’re winging it When she bea enough Tiain "I’et ready for work"
"Oh, of course" He was just turning ahen she threw her arhtly "I’ between us I’ll call Carter today and tell hiht kiss on the rateful that she was a ti that kiss would have involved tongue
"LexI" Shit, he was scra her feelings "Dareeing to anything last night I had toois just a blur forso hiuess I did do a lot of the talking last night," she ad so just felt so easy with you, so natural, and I know you felt it too
"Being with you again has ave up and that scares me I love Carter, but you were o Don’t you think we both owe it to ourselves tothat’s happened to throw us back together is for a reason? Maybe in the end, ere always ain"
My God, how did he answer that? Sitting here beside her as he had done so s that he hadn’t in years After everything that had happened between the her in his life? But if that was a thought he was even entertaining, where did that leave things with E abruptly, he said, "AlexiaI need so for a reply, he took off to his bedroo He didn’t handle emotional upheaval well and this far surpassed that
Brant made his way to his bedrooht that chapter of his life was over for good, yet here she was He hadn’t allowed hi she was engaged to another man, but nowhe was confused as fuck He needed some space away from here to think His perfectly sane, rational life had been blown all to hell Tomen? Stuff like that just didn’t happen to hi if he could take over Gray’s travel obligations, he ju with Mark DeSanto and as luck would have it, Mark needed to leave today Yeah, he knew running wouldn’t solve his probleive him space to breathe
Emma was surprised to find that she had arrived at the office ahead of Brant She had even stopped at Starbucks to pick up coffee for them both on the way She smiled when she put his cup on his desk Love, it appeared, was turning her into a better person Sure, they still found ways to nag each other during the day but mainly because it was a form of foreplay for them She didn’t want nice Brant; she wanted the smart-ass that turned her on with just one sarcastic curl of his full lips
She had just settled in at her desk when she noticed theon her phone She was surprised to hear Brant’s voice telling her that he was running late but would be there for his ten o’clock appointment Why hadn’t he just called her cell phone? She pulled it fro to make sure she hadn’t missed his call When her phone showed no ed He had probably called the office first, thinking she was there It would have been silly to place another call, right?
E steadily for an hour when she looked up to see Ella open the door She dropped the pen she had been holding and grinned at her friend "Hey, Els, what brings you to nancy wasadorable with her sht about having kids, E at how her friend glowed She had tamed the wild Stone brother and she had never looked happier Emma was thrilled for Ella and envious all at the same time She wondered idly if that made her a horrible person When Ella settled into a chair in front of her desk, E of all that was going right for Ella that she hadIt was there in the worry lines around her mouth, her eyes and in the s wrong?"
Ella sighed and rubbed her eyes Ehter in her chair Were those tears in her friend’s eyes? "I just talked to Beth I know you had been trying to reach Suzy yesterday I think we all had at soht? I orried when I found out that Gray, Jason and Claire all seemed to have disappeared as well Beth tried to call the the day We were both concerned When Beth arrived this , she pulled me aside to let me knohat had happened"