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“Alec?” she asked instead

“My oldest brother The stick-in-the- about earlier Mia’s his wife”

Okay, she was going to give in even though she felt bad for talking about Alec and Mia when she didn’t even know them “What would a husband do?”

“He’d spank her”

Her heart raced “You’re lying”

He grinned A perfect grin with a rohite teeth “Maybe I aain, maybe I’m not Why don’t you come to Haven next time with Jardin and find out?”

Her heart skipped a beat Fuck, was she excited by that idea?

“Who knows? You ht like it so much there you’ll stay and find yourself a Haven et his head out of his ass soht in front of him”

“There’s nothing between Jardin and ht since she’d started working there But there was no way a man like Jardin Malone would ever look at her twice Besides the fact he was her boss, he was one of the Malones Rich and gorgeous, their faenerations She wasn’t anywhere near his league

“Well, then, there’s nothing to stop you fro to Haven, is there?”

The truth was, she ay more tempted than was healthy

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By the ti to do everything with one hand was harder than it sounded

She didn’t see Jardin s all afternoon Her brothers went to her neighbor’s every day after school Juanita was a godsend Thankfully, the bus dropped theuilty as hell about it She wished she had more time to spend with them

But she also needed money to buy them