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“Beg pardon?” I asked, cupping my hand around my ear “What was that?”

“You heard , it’s impossible for you not to have heard me”

“No, I don’t believe I did,” I said “Because I’ized to little old me”

“Sness is not attractive on you, Jane”

“S hiood at it”

“I’ve noticed,” he , he slipped his hand through my hair and kissed my temple

I shrugged him off “Hey, I’ to be punished And not in the fun way”>Still, I slinked around the house and lit the vanilla candles I wanted to build some ambience for Gabriel to appreciate before I ju than it had been the last time he visited I hadn’t had disposable inco and buying genericfit I bought blackout curtains for everyin the house, a new coe I even booked a prefab contractor to coe to the house with a covered ay It was like babyproofing for sos

I was feeling adored and very in touch with my inner sex kitten when he showed up at ht

“Someone earned himself a very nice Valentine’s Day ‘dinner,’ “ I purred, leaning against the door frahty secret- quotation marks”

Gabriel stared at me, his expression blank I liked to think it was the barely there black dress I earing over the lingerie hindering his neurological processes, but … no

“The lingerie … the red satin thing with little garters …” I watched his face go fro fro about, do you?” My stomach seearood”

I started toward the stairs, then turned on him, hands on hips “Wait, what did you send me for Valentine’s Day?”

His face was set in grimmer lines but for a totally different reason

“Valentine’s Day, co the , epileptics, and greeting-card manufacturers?” I said There was a beat of silence where I was setfor Valentine’s Day, did you?”

Gabriel cleared his throat “Valentine’s Day was not sonized in my day”