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"You looked anything but that I think the idea of you getting tangled up with one of thehed "I wasn’t interested in getting tangled up with anyone else, believearea, she helped him off with his skates first His hands reached up to cup her face as she crouched in front of him "You’re lovely, Alicia A free spirit, unpretentious, char, she s her like that She hoped he didn’t feel obligated to say such things to her She didn’t expect the so

"You’re not used to anyone co her face up to look at hied her to respond, but she couldn’t "Are you?" he asked again

She gave a small exhalation of breath and said, "No Once when I was in high school, souy said he liked the way I smelled I had spritzed on one ofAnyway, he asked me out to have pizza, and on the way over to the pizza place, he pulled into a park and said how ht before he copped a feel and was suddenly all overat my blouse with his other hand under my skirt I demanded he take me home before I screauy was lucky I wasn’t around"

She sone on at the park if I’d been with you instead You’re sort of… addictive and hard to say no to"

He pulled her to the seat and switched places and re I said, if it had been me with you in the car" He looked up at her "I just hope you’re not wearing a ton of bruises after all the falls that I caused" His hand caressed her calves over her tan skate tights

His caress was gentle but oh so provocative She shook her head "A couple, but they’ll soon fade to nothing"

He helped her froers interlocked with hers as if they were a boyfriend and girlfriend on a date She liked the sensation and would have wanted otten s Alicia was destined to play the scenario with the mobsters out to the end, no matter what

Jake unlocked the truck doors with the push of a button "I have to ads, and thinking of the figure skaters who dance together lide across the ice with you in , a hell of a lot sexier"

"H into his truck "That’s because the wo dresses that barely cover anything, are so revealing And then tights or tan panty hose look pretty--"

"Sexy" He reached over fro no other ht the was boring After watching me the first tiuys beating up guys on the ice"

"They were crazy I’dsolo as eloquently as you do or be the one ave hiine Where had Jake been when she could have used him years earlier in her life? Her life ay too messed up now

She peered out theon the drive back to her hotel fron of a black Mercedes, but she didn’t see either one of the up at his rearviewfor anyone following theallery, all right?" he asked

"Sure I’ll just change while you’re gone" She looked over at hi down at her short skirt and nearly bare legs, and she had the sneaking suspicion he wanted to do so else first "Don’t tell me you need to work up an appetite first"

He chuckled, and the sound was deep and dark and aroused But he shook his head and ran his hand over her thigh with a gently caressing touch She got the distinct ie his le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>