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Now, as he held Danny, felt the grip of fingers he suspected she didn’t realize were clutching hiht Would a va in love with a hunize it that way, even call it that? And was that soo in hisout to play fox to a pack of vas so she didn’t have to bow to the likes of Lord Charles Ruskin Maybe he should be asking himself a similar question
Too late, he re in Perth, but apparently, she wasn’t at the ht ain love with a hue to a cow A sed at his lips Actually, in this case, she’d probably get the better deal with a bovine than him
Though you’re equipped about the same
He winced, but also couldn’t help the grin “You love it, darling, and you know it And I’ll be back to bother you, so don’t think you’re already rid of me The cook ht it floats Hotcakes, too”
“Just like a man You’ll survive for the sake of your stomach”
“Well, you never knohat the afterlife ht be sandy ot his skillet out, flipping hotcakes in anticipation ofher head, she looked up at him He wondered if those clear blue eyes had ever filled with tears If she’d ever let them
“Once dawn co?”
At her puzzled look, he explained, “Lord Charles set out the rules of the gao out without any supplies, except a knife and one skin of water Apparently, he doesn’t expect h to need more than that”
“You shouldn’t have negotiated rules in ed That’s stacking things unfairly on his side”
“I wouldn’t have taken the pack anyway” He shook his head “In this case it would slow me down Don’t worry, love” He let her hair slide down over one hand, watching the waterfall of it “I can handle myself out there Why don’t you and I make a little side bet on this?”
“That’s not really a bet” She ed a skeptical look “If one of us bets you make it and the other one bets you don’t, then the one who bets against wins nothing”
“Except the sht” Before she could cuff hie in his mind was clear and vibrant “How about this as an incentive? So even better than hotcakes” Exasperation crossed her features, taking away the sadness and worry, pleasing hiall, bushman”
“I’ you in the desert, besides Not that I’d bring any of that up to have my way” Her blue eyes softened on hienuine, was strained “Fine, then But sure as I agree to it, you’ll survive just to see if I’ll live up to ain”
“You bet your arse” He grinned wickedly “Literally” Leaning down then, he feathered his lips over her cheek even as his hands eased down froh to make her sidle closer in to hih to“I have some fantasies stored up
Not only about taking you there I like to put a sheila over et her all pretty and red before I do it
Use my hand Sometimes I think about a belt”