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He joined her at the table, straddling the chair fros?" he asked

Soh "Would you believe 's fine?"

One side of his rin "No"

"Iobvious

He reached out and toyed with the lapel of her robe, his fingers dipping below the thin fabric to tease her skin with soft circular caresses "I miss you, too"

She leaned forward He followed until their foreheads touched and their lips were mere inches apart She sensed his war scent

They re silent moment, so innocent and yet so very sensual Her heart sped up in her chest and her pulse pounded in her throat

Suddenly his lips brushed hers and lingered, until she tasted sweetness, longing and teed and sat back, before Sahed, but kneas right Just as she knew she had no choice but to talk about as on her ht in "Did you notice anything strange about your uncle's interest in Sam's necklace?"

His back and shoulders stiffened His completely casual stance, and the sense of happiness she'd briefly sensed, fled "He tried to ift"

"A necklace"

Ryan raised an eyebrow "So?"

"He seemed very curious about the one she already wears," Zoe said Sohim to the subject Well nobody had ever praised her for her tact or delicate way of phrasing things, she thought

Ryanhis suddenly tense ly relaxed considering the episode last night, to wound tight