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"Romantic Like in the movies" I leaned in and kissed a diain, placed the back of one hand overhe’d catch me

He did First one ar; then the other went underme into his arms

I arched farther back "It’s evenmy eyes closed "Like in a paperback novel, when the Duke of Hastings catches the girl who has just fainted into his arms"

He stopped then, and the world was ours There were no onlookers No cars whizzing by or people talking a short distance away It was just the two of us

He pulled ainst his chest and I nestled my head into the crook of his neck, but I keptan English debutante in the ht seem

"And what does the duke do with her?" he asked, his voice suddenly hoarse

Coain, effectively giving hie, causing a slew of h me

I had to run a couple of errands with Reyes in tow, but when I was done, I dropped him off at his office, aka the kitchen of Calamity’s, then headed up to rill I had a special package and a couple of bags ha my normally pantherlike movements Thus, with arms filled to the brim, I missed a stair and had to drop to one knee to keep froe of said stair into h h for the whole of Albuquerque to hear

"You okay?" Teri called up to me from the bar I’d taken the inside stairs, but the only barrier between Teri and ht-iron balustrade My misstep was visible for all to see Thankfully, they were still ood," I said, but Reyes’s head was out the door of the kitchen instantly "No, I’ attacked by a hellhound "Go back to work Nothing that an ice pack and aand each led to my feet as he looked on and continued up the stairs to the back entrance of o I was on ato stopin a heap at the bottoht have stoppedabout this bar was the old-fashioned ironwork laced in with the dark woods of the pub The metalwork led to an ancient iron elevator no one actually used, because it was as slow as molasses in the Artic, but it looked aweso time It was built by the sa had no elevator, iron or otherwise

I had to shift a bag or two so I could open the door, but I et myself inside

"Honey, I’m home!" I called out to Cookie

She leaned forward to look at me from her desk in the next roos down but one and walked to stand in front of her desk "This," I said, pride swelling infilled oldfish?"