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"Let o," I said Disappointment and frustration about the day rose, coupled with eain

"Not until you agree to stay" Water stuck to his dark eyelashes

Why? I wanted to ask I flailed a ainst his as our feet kicked

"Stay," he whispered

And that soft plea did so a lit candle’s wick, as left ofresidue

"Fine," I said, and he lethiainst my ribs

"Sweet!" Blake hollered across the pool "I’ll order Chinese food for lunch"

He jogged to the house and I trudged over to where I’d left h it for a dry set of clothes, and when I stood up and stepped backward, I bu wet, and his eyes had gone stor distance His pungent citrusy scent lay in a cloud all around us My knees nearly buckled under uttural whisper, "I wasthose three days than I’ve ever been with anyone in my life It’d be easier if I could be fake with you, but you bring out everything in htened and excited hta step back and running into the rail I could do nothing but stare as he went on

"And however it is that you think you still feel aboutshe can’t have If you had ood boy’s the one you really want"

Frustration tore through"Those are your insecurities, Kaidan, not facts, and I wish you would stop taking them out onaway Any second noas going to let loose a psychotic screaet away froalow I tried to step to the side, but he moved to block my way

"Excuse e ain when I caught his storht of the da to my skin What happened next is what I’ve dubbed the I-don’t-knohat-carasped the bottom of my shirt and slowly peeled it over my head to reveal the bikini top I let the shirt drop to the deck with a soaking smack I’d never seen him so surprised He see look infro I couldn’t have I unbuttonedmy time until they fell I stepped out and kicked theoddess, but a look like that froerous thrill passed through , and how a single action from me could make hi hi it cooler than I ever had indown and slowly picking upand heading toward the bungalow area, all the while feeling the heat of his eyes When I heard the groan thatood

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

HEIGHTS

Lunch started off tense after our heated oodness for Blake Kai ar his coolness for ht over the last piece of General Tso’s shri in the air and landed in a wet footprint next to the pool

"You can have it," Kaidan graciously offered, and Blake shoved hio test out the new dirt bike before onna do today?"

We

"When are you leaving?" Blake asked "

"And then the Dukes will be heading home the next day," Blake mulled It was rare and extre Dukes or whisperers Blake ran a hand through his hair and looked back and forth between the two of us "Want to see the bike?"

We walked around the house to the garage, where Blake pressed a code on a keypad to open the doors One half of the e was thrill-seeker central There were toys for every extreinable: snow skis, water skis, snowboards, dirt bikes, a four-wheeler, Jet Skis, hel

"All you need in here is an airplane," I told hian to wheel out a shiny black dirt bike "They just delivered it yesterday" He grabbed a leather riding jacket from the wall, put it on, and climbed astride the bike It revved insanely loud