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It was almost an hour later before the front door opened and in walked Barrick with a bag of takeout from the local Mexican restaurant Mia said they had the best tacos, and ere all in agreement that co

Behind hi, limped Braxton He was dressed in black dress pants, a white button-down that molded across his chest, with black combat boots to coue from the roof of my mouth…because daly beautiful with the longest, thickest eyelashes I’d ever seen on a guy I wanted to spend uninterrupted hours while I just memorized the planes of his face

How could so beautiful? It didn’t ht in front of aze from him

A whine drew my attention away fro slowly behind hiray in her fur, and she moved like her entire body hurt From the many phone conversations I’d had with Braxton in the last several months, I knew her na, had even fallen in love with her just from the stories he’d told me about her

But upon seeing her in person, I felther like an old friend “Hello, sweet puppy,” Iher sniff my hand

I was rewarded with a soft lick to ently, afraid to hurt her Sasha’s tail wagged happily, and she buried her snout in le

“Sasha, easy,” Braxton’s deep voice co , he s’s back “She likes you,” he murmured “She’s not normally all over people”

“I’ht, Sasha baby?” She whined as if agreeing with hed “See? She claimed me”

“That’s because Sasha is a s, stroking her fur

“Hey, you two,” Mia called out “Food’s getting cold Come eat”

Glancing around, I realized ere the only ones in the living room and Braxton was very, very close Heat instantly filled htened, thankful I wasn’t spewing all the things in my head out into reality for him to hear Like that I wanted him to brush his massive hands down my back like he was Sasha, or that I wanted hi had

When he stood, he reached out, stroking the backs of his knuckles down lad you’re here,” he said with a s into the kitchen

I stood there,in my chest, and watched hiers to my cheek where his had made contact

Chapter 2

Braxton