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“Piper!”

Standing on the top step, Piper whirled around quickly She wobbled, her bags tipped and she struggled to find her balance

“Dammit, Ballantyne!”

Jaeger walked up to her, his hands in the air “Why so jumpy? I just called your name”

He didn’t need to know she’d been thinking about him and felt like she’d conjured hi day Why are you here?”

Her skin prickled as Jaeger slowly approached her, his long legs eating up the space between thene, warm skin God, she remembered the smell and texture and taste of him—spicy, warm

He interrupted that train of thought by taking her groceries fros “Wine, baby food, diapers, a popular azine, ta”

Piper blushed, then frowned “Stop exa It’s rude”

“Are you going to invite estion but an order

Piper shifted froht about what to say Ceri, her nanny and good friend, was upstairs with Ty, and Piper really, really didn’t want Jaeger and Tyby pretending not to reured out the rules, she wasn’t going to introduce a new player into the arena Especially when that new player was her innocent son

The decision was taken from her when the front door opened behind the there, each with a hand on Ty’s stroller Piper immediately dropped to her haunches and kissed her son’s cheek “Hey, there’s uy”

Ty wasn’t as excited to see her as usual, but he did pat her face before pushing her away so he could look around to see as out and about