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A chorus of good-natured groans went up froave an adorable pout as she straightened

"What the hell are you waiting for, man?" one of Ian’s spectators asked

"I think he’s too busy watching the show over there," another said

"Hell, for that matter, so am I"

He wanted to jump up and break his stick over soitation into nailing the cue ball and easily pocketing his target Thank Christ He moved around to take his next shot, and his next, alith her in the corner of his eye That group over there was getting rowdier by the ination She handled herself just fine without his intervention, but he was on high alert to give it at any aot from her new friends Could they be any et under her skirt? He wanted to get under her skirt too, but he wasn’t about toidiot of hi

Soame; he turned them down For so to do with that earlier thought about cracking a few skulls with the cue stick But Gabriella Ross was certainly enjoying the hell out of herself and her ad shaken off Ian’s rejection as if it had never happened

Then again, maybe it hadn’t, which hat this was all about

The conversation around hier of losing their lead as the Blue Jays had ed to load the bases Tension in the bar reached a peak as the 0-3 pitch was delivered

Strike A collective sigh of relief went up

Ian felt a tap on his shoulder He turned to see Gabby standing behind hi all eyes on him, he shook his head "Nah I’"

"Oh yeah? How?"

She leaned close to his ear,the move he’d made on her earlier Her whisper sent waves of chills up his spine "If I win, you have to fk ainst Gabby’s skin as she and Ian left the noise of the bar behind theers slide between hers, she tilted her face up and let the rainwater wash over it just before he unexpectedly crushed histhe plunder of his tongue and the quick flare of desire it brought

He’d played She’d won

And God, he felt good against her Hard and strong and, well, wetter by theto do with the rain

His skin was hot beneath the cool slick of rainwater, and she explored it with greedy hands, needing the foreign feel of a coainst the sled along her every nerve