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"Aviewhat’s going on with you? First, you go roaring off on the back of Do down the streets of Garden City wrapping yourself around a car This isn’t you; this isn’t the wo I need to know about you and Do if Mac are that he had stopped treating her injuries and was now stroking a fingertip along the sensitive skin of her arave no indication He continued to touch her while waiting for her answer

"Would it bother you?" she asked quietly She kneas juvenile to insinuate that there was so romantic between her and Dominic, but she wanted--no, she needed--Mac to care

Mac expelled a breath before his handon the pulse beating wildly there "You have no idea, Avie He’sI havebut not you, baby Never you You Belong To Me"

His hand rested against her neck, and their eyes locked His expression ild and fierce and for the first time she wasn’t scared She wanted to taste his lipsherself ti up to pull his head lower A hint of uncertainty flickered across his face just before their mouths connected and then her body sizzled with awareness of him Unlike with their other kiss, Mac seemed to wait for her to take control, to deepen the contact She tentatively touched her tongue along the searoaned deep in his throat before opening his ue with hers In that moment, she understood for the first time where the inspiration for every romance novel and ro as if you were on the verge of unlocking all the infinite secrets of the universe with just one kiss

Time seemed to stand still as she experienced her first real kiss as a grooman Mac had kissed her one other ti lost in theparticipant She took the lead in kissing hi coffee and the h her hair, pulling her closer, she felt a small trickle of unease She reminded herself that this was Mac He’d never hurt her, never force her She murmured a protest when his lips left her mouth only to kiss down her jaw, then her neck "Macoh, Macplease" Soh the haze of desire she was in Mac cursed under his breath before pulling back Al up and on the screen in bold letters it said CALL FROM GWEN

"Fuck," Mac rasped out, reaching over to hit the IGNORE button on his phone Ava guessed she should be grateful for that at least After all, she was the other wo that, she didn’t think she could handle hearing Mac talk to Gwen as if he hadn’t just had his lips all over Ava By now, they were both breathing hard, trying to coh they had just experienced Ava’s face colored in embarrass on his tongue? Part of her felt the need to yell, "You go, girl," and part of her wanted to crawl under the chair she was sitting in She had kissed Mac, and it had felt better than she could ever have iether as her core ached for her to finish what she had started Being reh, had ended her moment of boldness "Avie"

Ava ju to answer all the questions that she saw on Mac’s face She needed ti else happened between theet back to et ho suspicious "What kind of plans? They had better not involve a damn motorcycle or skates"

"Urno I’ht Brant and E her parents this weekend"

God, was there nothing theElla You know, last- skeptical, Mac asked, "What kind of baby things?"

Suddenly, she remembered the conversation between Beth and Ella at lunch yesterday and blurted out, "Breast pumps" Mac’s cheeks flushed, and if she hadn’t ehed Apparently,was the equivalent of discussing your period with ht in front of your eyes

"Iyeahokaysure, that’s good," Mac stuttered as he dropped his gaze, shifting his feet on the floor restlessly He gathered hiled to pull the shirt back over her head Ava li in next to her car

Turning to hirabbed her wrist before she could open the door, halting her exit "No ht? You’re not the type of person to risk your neck like that"

Ava put her hand over his, saying sied, Mac I need to take more risks now--I have to"

Clearly irritated and even ain fro her arm from his hold, she opened the door of his vehicle Before slipping out, she turned back to hi his question with one simple word--"You"

With that, she slammed the door behind her and hobbled back to her car Mac was still sitting there staring at her when she drove away She didn’t think he understood fully what she was trying to say, but between the kiss that she had initiated and her answer to his question, he was surely starting to realize that soed She only hoped that she didn’t break a bone before she gained his full attention She would be a good girl and not do anything crazy today as he had asked, but she wasn’t finished yet by a long shot She had gotten under Mac’s skin more in the last twenty-four hours than she had in oing Just maybe with a helmet and pads the next time