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That millimeter smile crept into two , Miss Sorenson”
I luxuriated in the way he always said that lately Like a whisper of desire flowing out from between his teeth
I lazily fluttered , Mr Blackbourne”
His leg slowly glided over until his ankle covered ether The action set off several nervous and happy explosions in my very core I couldn’t look at his face, and ain bury my face so up slightly, I rolled into hi his ribs once more
He slid down, going back to the position he’d been in, and put a hand at my back The phone slipped from his chest to between us We paused for ainstead of relaxing
“I have a notion to call off the entire day,” Mr Blackbourne said in the same quiet tone
I ”
He sighed, his breath pressing at h me “But I believe Luke mentioned you wanted a house”
The way he said it hted Somehow, it made me focus on the reality of it all It wasn’t like we could just find a house and allto pay for it? I couldn’t just ask for a house and think we’d just get one “It sounds horribly selfish I don’t kno”
The hand froently cupped atlazily at his body, but he nudged ray eyes
“We just have a few things to settle first,” he said in sa Like this wasn’t a bad idea and it was only a few errands before we could do this
His confidence and coically drew me to a place inside myself I just knew he’d make it happen I didn’t kno, but he’d do it
“There was a bit of a mishap yesterday,” I said “With Nathan”
“I know,” he said “But a lot has happened with him since then And I do have soently and I sat up The blanket fell away I looked around the rooht When did he get here to get into bed with me?
Mr Blackbourne sat up, his knees lifting slightly as he turned on the bed He put bare feet on the floor The cotton pajama bottoms he ere black and, in an odd way, reminded ht a sna
Not a brand I’d heard of before, but the fancier name made me think it to be rather expensive
He twisted slightly to look back atand looked away I slid my feet up closer to my butt so I could wrap my arms around my knees “What happened?” I asked
His lips opened and then he paused slightly, an eyebrow going up and he blinked a few tilasses His handsoled in such a way it reminded me of when I considered Luke could be a model Yet Mr Blackbourne seemed to have that same quality “When your stepmother was still in the hospital, we sent Marie over so she could see her”
“Yes,” I said
“While she was there, we overheard yourMarie about your real mother”
It waswe didn’t know?”
“We honestly considered the possibility, given that she tends to twist reality, that any information she said could be false” He twisted more until his knee was up on the bed and he leaned toward me a little “She mentioned your mother was actually a cousin of your father”
“A cousin?” The infor However, I understood why he cautioned it arning she could be lying It was hard to feel anything when there was a strong chance it wasn’t true at all It simply left me with questions
“Do you remember your father’s parents at all?”
“I think I reer But I don’t remember anyone else” I paused “Part of randfather used to watch baseball games You didn’t mention it to me?”
He nodded slowly “We didn’t know if it should be believed, and it was very little to go on, anyway We tried to look up your fa the it up with everything else going on”
I reached up absently to scratch atcareful with anything she had said “I’m not sure I would be ready to believe it, either”
“We can’t dis on now” He reached out forit away fro into my eyes, he spoke “Dr Green said you enjoy Frappuccino, I believe? Shall we pick a couple up on the way in to the high school?”
Despite the surprising inforentle tone and offer for getting so to drink made me feel like eren’t about to discuss o on an outing together