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“Will you pro them to me, in New York? No one else?” He couldn’t let the stones slip through his fingers

Piper nodded “Sure”

“I’ll call you to set up a time”

Piper swung her legs around and placed the balls of her feet on Jaeger’s bare thigh Their eyes met and sparks flew

Seeing desire flash and burn in her eyes, he slid his hand between her thighs, sighing at the smooth, warm flesh He opened his ain like this, not just at Ballantyne, when they both returned to New York Then he frowned Why her and why now?

Forout of the deep, dark rief and loss tossed hihts He didn’t want to raise expectations, didn’t want any of his very temporary lovers to think there could be a chance of the permanent fixtures in his life He’d worn perhter Jess died, he’d lost his lover, too

Per coat

Why was he thinking about losing his baby girl and the woer? He’d thoroughly enjoyed his easy conversation with Piper, loved her offbeat sense of hu Three daain when they both returned to the city

He liked her a bit too muchand that meant he had to move on

“When are you going back to the city?” Jaeger asked

“My flight leaves in theYou?”

He’d leave as soon as she did; she was the only reason he was still in Milan “Toer moved the pad of his thumb up her smooth calf

“When we meet in the city,” she said, “let’s be all business”

Whoa! What?

Piper’s toes dug into the bare skin of his thigh