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If I still had a beer indown over his dark head The coh to satisfymy nerves when his eyes land onthe destruction of planet Earth and the end of mankind as we know it, I would still have to think about it"

Shane clucks his tongue "That’s selfish, now, isn’t it?" He leans in close to speak right beside my ear My hair shifts with each movement of his lips "I’m not nearly as selfish Not when it counts Bear that inwhich panties to wear under those da heavyI suck in a quick breath Doing nore the uncomfortable sensation, I jerk back "Did you coarments?"

"No," Shane bites out The sensuality in his eyes is gone, replaced by irritation once again His moods shift so fast, evenup He’s knocking me off balance and I resent hi the knocking "I’m here because this hellhole is no place for ed you as s her somewhere like this Somewhere that could send her out a different person than when she walked through the door"

His barb hits the ht Mostly But it’ll be a cold day in hell before I give him an ounce of satisfaction "Last tih to make her own decisions"

He shakes his head, a hu You just couldn’t leave her alone, could you? Youoff ed to come with me It’s no wonder, the way her entire life is devoted to the inn One night isn’t going to bring on a Full Lohan" I throw a glance overspun by Brian, her feet completely off the floor When I turn back around, Shane has already startedto retrieve his sister,her in the process Can’t let it happen Quickly, I put a hand on his chest to stop hi the electricity that shoots up ive us five aze drops to ainst his chest "You toldthat rule?"

I yank my hand back like it has been burned "No, it doesn’t"

His sot five h the crowd, then stops When I notice he’s staring behindus closely from the bar The sudden tension in Shane’s shoulders tells e and doesn’t appreciate it Like e doesn’t appear to be in his nature He returns his attention to ed fro it directed at , Willa" His rough hand slides downup my back "If I can’t touch you, then neither can that fker"

"He’s just a friend" I say it fast and iust I don’t owe hih ordering me around is acceptable It’s too late to take it back, however, so I can only stand there and fuht you weren’t here to make friends"

"Allow me to clarify I don’t want to be friends with you"

"Feeling’s ers on my mouth "Five minutes"

As Shane exits the pub, all I can do is stare at his retreating back, flexing beneath his gray Henley I don’t knohat the hell just happened, but I know I don’t like it Since that day in the airport, there has been an undercurrent running between us Every ti hi, ill-advised step toward accepting that there is an attraction between us and God forbid, that we could actually act upon it Evenas though he has ownership of …impatient With him? My reaction? I don’t know