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Piper tossed the phone onto the cushions of her couch So excited she was unable to sit down, she walked the carpet in front of her blank TV, holding her wine and willing Jaeger to call her back God, she was bursting with excitement, and there was no one else she could tell about this There was no one else she wanted to tell

Piper pushed her fist into her sternuer would always be the person she wanted to talk to first Whether it was about Ty, or a piece of art that excited her, or a er was the only person she wanted to tell

He was the one she wanted to go to bed with His was the voice she wanted to listen to for the rest of her life She wanted to watch him interact with Ty, wanted to row old with hih with him, love him

God, she loved him

Loved Him

Her cell phone buzzed and Piper, seeing the light indicating a er! Yay Her clue, and her heart plu Piper to tune in to a local TV channel The ten excla in was vitally important, so Piper pointed the reht station

It was a typical scene fro the peasants away froht and beautiful of New York working the red carpet Piper looked at the headline and realized it was the entrance to Moreau’s Ball, the lamorous social event on the city’s calendar

“As I promised earlier,” the slick presenter stated, “I’ the limousine with the rest of the Ballantyne clan Dear Lord, they are a good-looking bunch! Jaeger, over here!”

Piper watched, fascinated, as Jaeger fastened the button of his designer tuxedo and ran a hand down his solid black tie Sage stood just behind hiown and to-die-for shoes, dwarfed by her bigger, brawnier brothers The siblings started to make their way up the carpet, and paparazzi cameras flashed

Jaeger stepped up to the presenter, who stroked Jaeger’s biceps Piper glared at the screen “How nice to see you, Jaeger”

“Annette, how are you doing?” Jaeger replied

“Why, just wonderful Thank you for asking” Annette’s voice slid into a drawl, and Piper rolled her eyes