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The door was yanked open suddenly and there she stood Five feet nine inches of curvy blonde with a pair of blue eyes as clear and lovely as a summer sky Even in her worn jeans and button-dohite shirt, she took his damned breath away, and he resented that fact down to his bones

She kept one hand on the door and the other braced against the doorjah to keep him out if he decided he wanted in

Ronan glanced down and saw his dog leaning into her with slavish adoration He scowled at the ani paid hione and you’ve dis tone “What kind of loyalty is that from man’s best friend?”

The dog whined and leaned even ered a little under his weight

“A ‘best friend’ wouldn’t have abandoned him,” Laura said

“He wasn’t put out into a jungle forced to hunt for his own food,” Ronan countered “My cousin Sean—”

“Left him with me when he went back to Ireland You can see now that Beast is fine He’s happy here With me”

“Thathis traitorous hound another hard glare “But he’s not yours, is he?”

“He’s in my house That makes him mine”

“He’s only in your house because Sean asked you to look out for hiot back”

And for that, Ronan owed his cousin a punch in the face Called back to Ireland unexpectedly, Sean had asked Laura to watch Beast in order to save the ani stay in a kennel Which Ronan hadn’t found out about until it was too late to change anything Yes, it had been the right choice for the dog But for Ronan?

He hadn’t seen Laura since he ended their affair two h he couldn’t exactly claim to have shut her out of his e singer hi it to one of his eet a little distance froly close to hiht of her Drea with his body tight and ready for her

Even now, the lush, slightly floral scent of her reached out to hi her, tasting her, being inside her…

“Ronan,” she said in a patient tone that interrupted his s, “we both know Beast is better off withparent—”

“I’m not his father, I’m his bloody owner,” Ronan countered