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"Sorry to be rude, but the spawn de to load a plate for herself "Ladies, help yourselves before those rabid et theira thrill through lance over her shoulder at that precise moment to catch Cain’s hand on me and a sly smile touches her lips I’m happy to see it’s not a venom-laced sneer, like the one I’d expect froether I wonder if he’d tell me the truth, if I asked I wonder if I even want to know the truth The idea of Cain with another worit my teeth

I just make it back to the table with a plate of food when the processional of large ain findsa light tug at the string on my bikini top, as if ready to untie it, as he pushes h, I can still feel hiht now

I didn’t expect this I didn’t expect him to be so open about whatever is between us

I didn’t expect to want it so badly

My heart skips a beat as he takes a seat next to me, instead of at the outdoor sectional couch where Nate’s already razes over ht, I won’t be able to keep hhis face, he dalance down atbumps, he can now see proof of it, too

I sit quietly as he pours a glass of water for et it fro on me hits me deep in the chest, in an e

"You serving worin as she slaps Ben’s muscular ass and cuts in front of hi to impress?"

"He can be a smooth fker if he wants to--" Ben’s er and a bark of "language!" froht-year-old quietly hanging onto our every word froy to Stor er shoves three carrot sticks into it He grins lasciviously at her but doesn’t utter another word, busy choer toldwhat else Ginger and Storm have talked about that involves me

"You should co for a part-tier points toward her waist as she spoons some pasta salad into her htly "I don’t know the first thing about acrobatics"

She waves a dismissive hand as she chews and ss "These kids need to keep up with basic fundaood with those And I’d pay you, of course"

"Well, thank you for the offer," I respond, not sure what else to say I’h to take her offer seriously, but it’s nice of her to offer me a job It makes me sick to think what she would say if she knehat I’m involved in She certainly wouldn’t want me within a thousand feet of her school and those kids

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Storured you wouldn’t want her on the stage anyestively

"Charlie won’t be going back on the stage At all" The answer is quick, fir Not that I would argue

At all?

A hand gently settles on entle squeeze before sliding up ht Thank God there’s a colorful tablecloth hiding hter squeeze and a slow hiss from between his teeth I wonder if that’s why he pushed my chair in so far