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When his chest struck the ticker tape, a cheer started deep in his chest and rose up through his throat He lowered the cart He drew in quick, deep breaths

The next thing he knew, Annabelle ran up to hi her arms around him “We did it! We did it!”

He wasn’t so sure howall she’d had to do was hold on, but he wasn’t about to deflate her goodher close and enjoying the way her soft curves molded to his body

But then she pulled away— as she leaned up on her tiptoes and swayed toward hi to kiss hih totally worth it

And then so happened that he hadn’t expected; her lips landed on his cheek His cheek? Really? He deserved so much more than that

Totally deflated, he struggled to keep the sratulate the later that afternoon in the final heat

Yay! Grayson couldn’t wait Not But when he looked back at Annabelle, as still grinning ear to ear, his mood lifted How could he complain when it obviously o running later this evening or to He could deal with th

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When they set off to get drinks, Annabelle glanced his way “See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?”

“If you say so” He refused to tell her that she was right If he did, he worried about what she’d come up with next for them to do

“And I bet you thought all of these old gay to have a good tis the old-fashioned way can be fun too”

There was so in what she said that struck a chord in his ot theht about what she’d said about not needing technology and doing things the old-fashioned way

“Here you go” She held the water out to him

He readily accepted it He could feel the icy-cold liquid ood that he ended up chugging most of it

“You know, you’re right,” he said