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“I wouldn’t go that far,” he said ruefully “I’d be a liar if I didn’t adht and narrow has already proven to be a challenge”

She s about inappropriate things “Seems we have more than my brother in common,” she returned

“Careful, those kinds of coerous”

“To whom? Because I’m an adult and don’t need a chaperone”

He laughed “I promised your brother”

“That was your mistake”

“Hot daht on the money”

“Did he? And what exactly did he warn you about?”

“Just that you have a taste for trouble and that I ought to steer clear”

She pouted “That’s not flattering at all Makes me sound like a kid”

“You are definitely no kid,” he said, his gaze feasting on her ample breasts If there was one asset she knew she owned, it was her impressive cup size He cleared his throat as if he realized that he was staring and actually otta hold on to a shred of integrity, you know?”

“So noble”

He smirked “Well, I respect the hell out of your brother He’s a goodat his sister like a piece of meat”

“Is that one of the lesser-known ‘Bro Code’ rules?” she teased

“Call it what you want, it’s just how I operate”

“You’re playing into that firefighter-hero stereotype pretty hard,” she said with atheir banter “I wonder if there’s a bad boy lurking underneath that polished exterior”

He chuckled, the sound tickling her senses “You have no idea”

Was she coer to find out just how bad Layton could be? Probably Particularly when she’d ht and narrow until she had her ood plan at the time Now? Seemed stupid as hell