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My dick stays suspiciously still Before I can commit one way or the other, my phone chimes with an email alert

I snatch it from the bar, type in the passcode, and then skim the email that just came in from the lab that performed the HLA test There’s a blue button to click that’ll show me the results

“The results are in,” I breathe

Declan sidles closer to peer at the screen, and I tap on the icon I’d already set up an online account earlier today so I could have immediate access

It takes a few seconds before the page loads

The rush of relief is irin at Declan, feeling al me

“I’m a match”

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I’ve never quite experienced this surge of adrenaline before It doesn’t wane but rather stays steady Even in erous situations with SWAT, I’ve never experienced this hu at my skin

Whatever it is, I don’t want it to end It’s causing such elation that I don’t even have a second thought about knocking on Leighton’s hotel room door In fact, it never occurred to me to just call or text her the results of the HLA test

For whatever reason, I wanted to tell her the good news in person so I could share just how a this moment is with someone else

I knock again, harder this time Eventually, I hear the lock unclick on the other side I have to assu the door She’s terrified soht knoho she is and that she’s in Vegas right now, and I don’t blame her I just wish she’d hurry

As expected, she doesn’t seeroggy since I obviously woke her up