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Piper and her very cute kid were not reason enough to stop traveling, to es to his life He really liked Piper and he adored her body—couldn’t see else besides his coun-shy
Piper was like a very fine Zultanite The rare gereen in the sun to a raspberry-purple-pink in candlelight Like Piper, the stone didn’t stop there It could also be a dull green andto a whiskey-shaded pink Zultanite, like Piper, had a million shades and a dozen secrets
He needed to know Piper’s secrets, needed to knohat she was hiding Oh, she’d told hiht, to satisfy his curiosity Her eyes reflected her soul and he saw all her colors, and, like Zultanite, each color was a revelation
Thanks to hismemory—and his experience with Jess and Andrea—he couldn’t deal in half truths and evasions Yeah, he knew some of what had happened directly before the accident, but he couldn’t see the full picture, and that scorched his soul
Thoughts of what he’d missed tortured him How did he and Piperat a photograph that was out of focus
He needed details and
He needed the truth, the whole truth
Last night, after rocking each other’s world, he’d tried to ask Piper again about Milan, but she’d changed the subject by rolling onto hi her way down his chest, his stomach
When she’d run her tongue down his erection, talking see he could see her actions more clearly; she’d wanted to distract him and, yeah, sex was a fantastic way to sidetrack the conversation But she’d shut hi him see the full picture
Why didn’t she trust him? He wanted her to trust him
But ould he do with that trust? It wasn’t like he could take their relationship any further He wasn’t prepared to risk his heart on someone ould walk away and take his love with her That wasn’t part of his plan
Okay, yeah, being around Ty was curing hiuy, but he knew there was a hell of a difference between babysitting for a night and being an ongoing and consistent part of a kid’s life Piper was a package deal If Jaeger wanted her, then he had to take on her kid, too Andno, he wasn’t up to being a part-time dad