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“Maybe if you had bought him a different color? I could see him in a blue one”

“Don’t be iet jealous”

Her expression grew serious “Don’t be I can’t get the red one out of mind”

Unable to help himself, he reached out to place a hand on the back of her neck, pulling her face closer to his “I’veme?”

Arin reached out to place a hand on the back of his neck, holding him just as close “Yes”

“Why?”

“I don’t want to wake up Christ with a broken heart”

Out of all the things he had expected her to say, that was theand the most honest

“You’re the one avoiding me, not the other way around I’ve never broken a woman’s heart and wouldn’t start with you”

“Hennessy, I don’t think you’ve let any woh to break your heart I didn’t need to overhear what Moon said to know that I avoided you, but you didn’t searchfor you to make an effort

“I had a e that lasted six years with a husband who had the sa her body closer to his, she slid her lips along his jawline to his ear

Feeling every inch of her body pressed to his, he shivered when she bit down on the lobe of his ear

She slipped her hand from his neck to his heart “You’ve frozen et in”

Hennessy felt his heart thu in his chest under her hand

“There’s a re with you,” she whispered

He wanted to tell her there was nothing wrong with hi about hih, when she held his heart in the palm of her hand

“What is it?”

“Fire”

Chapter 12

“You two aren’t thinking of breaking the rules, are you?”

Arin jumped apart from Hennessy at the voice that came from her back

Giving Jack a shaky laugh, Arin s Hennessy try to find his gifts”

“I haven’t found today’s yet either You want to help ly

Arin felt a rush of air as Hennessy started for Jack at the joking comment

“I’ll help you find it,” Hennessy offered threateningly

Arin quickly stepped between the two men “Which one of you wants to help me make some cookies?”