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“I’ the side of her head to chuck her under the chin “Do they teach that in dance school?”

Lara laughed, thinking of the hours of grueling, sweat-inducing, body-twisting dance classes she’d attended over the years

“Oddly enough, no Hoear a heavy costume isn’t covered in most dance curriculuth, I’et his hands onto her body where they belonged, Lara flexed “Wanna feel?”

“I over her bicep

“And now that we’ve settled that, why don’t we see if we can get you that hard,” she challenged before reaching down to stroke his impressive muscle

As they slid into a nice wave of lust, so Lara could easily understand and handle, she tucked away that feeling of acceptance If a girl got used to that kind of thing, who knehat she

Scary things

Like love

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LARA HAD SPENT e She’d been stared at, had her movements dissected and her body critiqued Her childhood had been a training ground for high-society head games She’d dined with senators and in soup kitchens

But nothing had prepared her for this

She looked around the dining roo and narrow tables together to accommodate the masses of food And the crowd

It was a toss-up which of the tas more impressive

Roast, potatoes, enchiladas, a delicious soup called posole and an array of vegetables tokid sprout up healthy As colorful and teed a couple of bites because she was too distracted

These people were loud

Loud, and incredible-looking

Life had clearly blessed the Castillo clan with a whole lot of gorgeous Theover Do, fro her spoon on the other end of the table

“So, Lara, right?” The exotic brunette with Castillo’s eyes leaned around her brother to gesture with her fork “Doirl home for Sunday dinner before Where did you two meet?”

Thankfully, Lara had finally lifted the forkful of food to her hts