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My fingers found the warm skin of his biceps, and before I could find the words I wanted to say, I surged onhier than I meant it to

I hadn’t meant for it to happen at all Not really

Oh God I kissed Paxton I’ me back

I broke the contact, that pressure innot in exhilaration but eainst my lips, the sound equal parts discovery and plea Then he kissedprecious and rare, each new caress stripping away another hardened layer of h I was ready to beg hiered, ue caressed my lower lip, and I leaned in to him It was perfect He was perfect

Then he suddenly stopped, stepping back like I’d burned hi froht I could have

He es of my nerves He licked his lips, not in nervousness this time, but as if he could still tastehim a second ti indead, and I wanted , and that’s when I heard the toward us, their footsteps heavy in the sand

"We got so shots!" Bobby said, his breath even where his overweight ca

"Good," Paxton said, his voice rough but his touch light as he unbuckled the snaps on my harness so I could step out How could he function perfectly when I could barely breathe?

"Hoas your ride?" Bobby asked htening," Paxton answered, sparing ain?"

I locked eyes with Paxton, and he raised an eyebrow, both of us sensing a secondto that question "I’m not sure"

A corner of his mouth tilted up into an incredibly sexy sh for the both of us"

Before I could respond, Paxton looked over my shoulder and swore under his breath

"What?" I asked, turning to see what upset hi about fifteen feet away in a well-tailored suit was a ht have been a clean-cut version of Paxton if he’d had any spark of life in his judg there naked or so

"Paxton If I could maybe have some of your time?" the man asked, his voice the same deep tiel of death," he responded as the man walked toward us