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They’d growndinner with the back to his cold and lonely apartment

It was getting harder and harder to keep himself apart To reht to insist that he pay off Kinley’s debts Or that Sloan install a state-of-the-art security system in his house Or to pull Kinley onto his lap the way Sloan did each night after dinner so he could hear about her day He’d learned to leave before he did that, it was too inti James craved more than was healthy

So, to save his sanity he’d stepped out for a few minutes, which had turned into twenty

Da shot

“Kinley!”

Surely, she wouldn’t have just taken off She knew better He slammed open the door to their bedroo on the bed, her coe headphones over her ears

She looked up and screeched as she saw hied, his breath co

She pulled off the head phones and put her laptop down “Jesus, James You scared me half to death I didn’t even hear you”

“I’ve been running through the house, screarim voice Now that the panic was over, his fear was quickly er

“Da?”

He strode forward, and she ju to some music What? Am I not allowed to do that either?”

He knew they were all feeling a bit on edge, their tely, Sloan actually see the best But Ja off each other

He grabbed hold of her shoulders “Of course you can, but not with da headphones on What if someone had snuck up on you?”

“Isn’t that why you’re here? To ju bullets because there’s no fucking threat, and I don’t want you to step in front of one forway!”

“Watch your tone,” he growled