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If her father did not have legal control over her, it was just possible Lina and Hawk could have a future
He sat down near her feet and her eyes fluttered open
She smiled…a wide-open expression filled with love, he was sure of it Then her look shuttered and her welcome turned down a couple of notches
He stifled his sigh of frustration This was his fault and he was going to fix it He’d o when he’d walked away and he’d o when he ca her back to her family
He planned to rectify both mistakes in an unmistakable way
“You said I wouldn’t understand why you ran, even though you knew you didn’t have to I’d really like you to explain it to me now”
“Why?” she asked, her voice still husky with sleep
He reached out and brushed his fingers through her long hair “Because I want to know you better…to understand everything about you”
She laughed “Women aren’t that easy to understand, don’t you know that? That would take a lifetime”
“Maybe Would that be so bad?”
Her soft brown eyes widened, but then she shook her head “You’re joking”
It was his turn to say, “If you say so” One of her favorite phrases that he’d figured out pretty quickly ree
She frowned
He sertip “Tell me why you ran”
“I was scared”
“Why? You’re a US citizen”
“And ht do to try to force ht do in soain his approval”
“So, you ran in order to shore up your reserves”
“And to force him to send someone else after me, someone who hopefully wouldn’t have diplomatic immunity”
Clever And effective “Your plan worked”
“In unexpected ways”
“Was it really so unexpected? You had to knoouldn’t use the security coin with”
She sat up, staying close, letting their bodies touch as she settled into her favorite seat in the corner of the couch “You’re right I think I may have even subconsciously expected him to contact you After all, it had worked before”
“But you were still disconcerted by ured it out eventually
“I think you will always disconcert me, Sebastian”
“And you will always drive me to distraction”
She grinned “Is this where the kissing starts?”
“Actually it’s where I reet dressed”
“We went out last night” She chewed on her bottoet her courage to the sticking point “I would rather stay here with you than go anywhere”
“Where I want to take you is a very special place”
“It couldn’t be as special as spending time alone with you”
“I’lad to hear that, but this is important to me Please, princess? For me?”
“I don’t have anything to wear”
“If you go upstairs to our room, you’ll find that you do It’s on the bed”
“There was a delivery while I was napping?” she guessed
“Yes”
“You really want to do this?”
“More than anything in my life”
“That sounds serious”
“It is, Lina Very serious”
“Okay, I’ll go get dressed, but you have to let me dress alone, or on’t make it out of the house”
“Already taken care of” She was right and he’d known it before she said anything, so he’d put his tux in the second bedrooht—and planned to dress in there