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"When did you get the nose job?" He narrowed his eyes

Surprise shifted in her pale blue eyes "Months ago"

He shrugged "We don’t have shit to talk about Get your things and get out or I can have them delivered to you toh you had no clue as to as going on" She sniffed coolly "You should have known As perverted as you are, do you really believe any decent wo aze drift slowly down and back up her reed-thin body "You made a lousy whore then"

Her lips thinned as she pulled the engageer and laid it calmly on the antique table next to her "Very well, then, if that’s how you feel Once you sober up, you’ll call"

"Don’t bet your nose on it," he grunted "Get the hell out of here, Marlena, before I say sohed "Really, John, you should do so Just because you come from hick stock doesn’tdown to yours," he informed her caustically "Have fun with Gerard Maybe he’ll like the ice-queen act"

Her lips curled "He didn’t have the ice queen, darling I was there for fun You were the responsibility"

"Lucky hio ruin his perfect little life instead"

Her tinkling laughter grated on his nerves as she turned and walked out the way she’d coement was over, the taste of betrayal was still thick in hisfriend and fiancée How classic was that? The cliché was enough to drag asnort from him

He stared at the whisky then poured another drink

He’d no more than shot that one back when, son of a bitch, the door opened again He was seriously going to have to collect the keys he had given to the penthouse This was getting out of control

The place was fucking Grand Central Station tonight, and he’d just about had his fill of it

And there she was

Imp

The little de, but getting a head start on experience

She’d been running with a promiscuous set of friends for years Friends that had no problees she allowed

He didn’t blame her for them Hell, she was a beautiful woman She was almost family That was the problem She was "almost" fa exactly what she had gifted those other men with He wanted that and more So much more that he kept as far away froainst her Hell, he’d done worse in his sexual past, but it burned in his gut like a sore because he wasn’t one of the lucky ones How fucking brutal was that?

"Go home, Sierra" He was too drunk for this He’d had his life nicely planned out, and as ement was over, still, it had been his plan, and she’d fucked it up And he was just drunk enough that his logic capabilities weren’t at their strongest

"I don’t want you to hate me" She was braver than Marlena She actually stepped into the main room and faced him boldly

With her hard nipples

With her lush lips and hungry slate gray eyes

"Why the hell did you have to rowled

The same reason he would have , it rong, and they were friends Close They hungered for each other, and they both fought it

"Because I care about you," she whispered "You’re my friend, John When Gerard askedbecause your mother had told ht They were going to stand and lie to your face They were rubbing your nose in it, and I hated that"

Her hands were clasped tightly together, sincerity and that da in her eyes

"Bullshit," he snapped "You’re not ive a fuck if youit"

He should know Other than possibly Sierra, it was the only type of friend he’d ever had

Her lips thinned He liked the lush look better

"Then er "If you’re so pissed ather back I’"