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He nodded, arranging the salt, pepper, sugars, and condiht about our bill and did theabout a five-dollar tip So a ten-dollar bill fros I kept in my pocketbook and placed it on top of Kaidan’s twenty

"You know you can’t buy happiness," he said to me He was so devilishly handsome that I shivered and cleared el seeels alith the it

"Yup They’re with their hu sex"

I closed o there"

"You asked And don’t worry They’re way too pure and obedient to be voyeurs"

It felt disrespectful, talking about the angels like that I tried to think of another question

"So the deht Good thing this is a long trip I have a lot to teach you"

He stood, so I followed, just as our waitress caet your change," she said

"No, it’s yours," Kaidan purred He looked at her too long and her colors went froratitude to a rush of red

"Yes, thank you again!" I said, louder than I’d ed Kaidan’s ankle with my foot and he moved We walked out into a beautiful Shawnee, Oklaho loose pebbles in the paveirls the bedrooht

"Bedroo up into his car now He sat in the driver’s seat and turned towardup at the ends against his brows There was no roundness to his face--it was all squared-off edges But it was those blue eyes that did it for ," I said

"I’irl has had a bad enough day without you filling her head with ideas, too" I pulled on my seat belt with more than the necessary force and he started the car

"I think she’s perfectly capable of coht think you’re jealous, talking like that, but I can see you’re not It’s uncanny You’re actually concerned for her?"

"Why is that so hard to believe?"

"You don’t even know her," he pointed out