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He grabbed Zoe before she could fall, then he heard Elena and Kassie's voices beyond the door And finally, one of theht and closed thehed "They can't be serious"

"Oh you don't know the half of it," Zoe said as she pulled the blindfold off and shook out her hair "They're over the top to begin with, but addthirty to the mix and I think they've lost their collective ht switch is inside the roohed

"Or that it's not quite dark out yet and there's light coet ether Scratch that Me and anybody together"

"Now that hurts e and sultry tone ed air around them They had been set up by her family yet Zoe obviously didn't mind

"I wouldn't want you to feel insulted," sheso e in his pants and desire pulsing through hiaze and let his hand caress the soft skin of her cheek "I think we should get out of here"

"You're reading reen eyes sparkled with desire, but her serious expression indicated the time for jokes was over "Unfortunately I live withto avoid"

He chuckled at the re full well the step they were about to take Zoe Costas was ht stand wasn't one of theuy who could use that line on me and not end up flat on his back"

"Can I take that to mean you're sure about this?" There were too htly

She nodded and he released the breath he hadn't been aware of holding "Think we can get out the front door without too much of a fuss made by the posse?" he asked

"No chance in hell" She stepped on the chair and then climbed onto the tabletop and unlocked the"I know you're a by-the-book kind of guy, but hoould you feel about sneaking out the back way instead?"

ZOE COULDN'T REMEMBER the last tiuy in order to avoid her family, but she didn't want an audience nor did she want to provide h questions for herself co

So lot and into Ryan's car without being seen He drove to his motel like someone who knew the area, already cohways and cloverleaf turns And now, holding hands, theythe catwalk to his small motel room

Her heart pounded hard in her chest, her desire for hiht She just didn't understand how a et how she felt so good around a guy who represented the opposite of the unstructured life she enjoyed Oh she kneas sexy, but that wasn't enough to explain the reason she'd co him such a short time