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"This house is all bathrooru from the bedroom across the hall from Jack’s room, and completely unabashed, I took a step towards it

This room had been styled much closer to the rest of the house, ood floors, and a four-poster bedin the center of the roo out to the balcony were open, letting the cool breeze ruffle the thick curtains

Books lined the walls, and soed copy of a German book covered his face from me, but just the sound of his voice had alreadysweater

His slender fingers were deeply tanned, but they seeht I wondered if I was irritating hi to sneak out of his rooht into Mae

"Alice, this is Peter Peter, this is Alice," Mae introduced us Maybe it was just ination, but her voice seerunted so but didn’t lower the book "Jack told you that she’d be coht"

"I ree nore or didn’t notice his growing irritation, blocked uest" Mae repri to do"

"Hello," Peter sighed and finally lowered his book

At first, I could only see his eyes They were an intoxicating shade of green and captivated me His thick, chestnut hair landed just above his shoulders, and he tucked it behind his ears His jaw had tightened, strong on his features

He breathed in sharply, and his lips parted It wasn’t his intention, but there was soly perfect in a way that made him almost painful to look at

"Aha!" Mae exclaimed quietly behind ure out what she meant

"Shouldn’t you continue your little tour?" Peter asked icily, and his eyes dropped froulp down air the way s requested My heart pounded wildly, and I felt the blood burning my cheeks

"I think we’ve seen all the htouch calmed me down "Would you care to join us, Peter?"

"I’ve seen the house" He lifted the book again, hiding his exquisite features frorump," Mae explained, but she sounded a tad disappointed when she started leading me away from Peter’s room "Come on, love There’s still more for us to see"

"Well?" Jack appeared at the botto anxious and almost protective about him Mae and I walked slowly doards hiaze, afraid he would see what a fool I haddazed