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“You conned th she tossed her hair, sending the sunlit waterfall thudding down her back “You deserve that I wolf down this uffawed “You uadi into herher exposed forear her actions
After their log co up at the thirty-foot-high tented ceiling, he drawled, “You won’t last You can’t be silent Not with nificent Then she drawled back, “If this isn’t work-related any ged, knowing that his nonchalance was a flimsy act Especially when he added, “Except for ht
She sighed, wondered when she’d finally stumble back out of this fantasy dimension she’d spilled into the moment she’d plopped into his car and he’d materialized out of the darkness
It had felt just asthis with him, the best meal—the best experience—of her life Incense fu with distant livewith the oud, thethe feeling of unreality
She leaned on one of those incredible cushions, resu her surrender to this out-of-sanity, out-of-life encounter “So—what do you want to hear? The highlights in bullet for as ant”
She watched hi as he bent one endless leg on the floor, the other at the knee with his forear to watch a show thousands had sweated their lives away to provide him with He’d taken off his jacket and tie, rolled up his sleeves and undone his shirt She’d been right His body was that of a higher being His beautyher to reveal herself to him, of all people, when she’d never done so to anyone It was one thing he’d find out her secrets from a security report, another that she’d tell him her story herself, in words she’d never tried to for in his eyes
He reached out, ran a finger over the hands entwined tightly on her lap, startling her out of her chaos
“Listen,” she blurted out “Just get on with your security checks I’ive you a far more accurate rundown of round check, which I don’t I want to hear about you from you”
“There’s notas you’ve been so far? I’ about you, can be boring”
What she’d thought about hiht to the surface, tried one last tiathered and written report will be far lossy lock fro for the privilege of s it back “Tell me, Janaan Please”
It was the “please” that undid her
“Oh, all right,” sheup at the first yawn”
He chuckled, did to her what she was dying to do to hi her “If I yawn, it will be because in forty-eight hours I’ve only shut my eyes for the minutes it took for the accident to occur You are the only thing keeping me awake”