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Zach didn’t answer but Nora didn’t seem to care She started at his neck and kissed her way down his body A soft sigh escaped his lips as she took him in her mouth Not even all that alcohol could blunt the pleasure of what her tongue, her lips did to him Her hair covered her face like a veil The tendrils of her curls tickled his sto so intense, so sharp that he could almost mistake the pleasure for pain Zach ached to touch Nora but when he tried he remembered the handcuffs

"Relax, Zach Just enjoy" Nora paused to kiss his stoht now is to surrender"

Surrender? He’d forgotten how He took a deep breath and laid his head back as she kept working on hiasped a warning that she didn’t heed He flinched hard and caashs She picked up the whiskey, poured it and downed him and the shot in one s

She looked down at him

"I love a whiskey chaser"

Zach opened his eyes and iain when he realized he wasn’t in his flat He was still at Nora’s

With grave reservations, Zach dragged hi position Theskull and had the unfortunate side effect of jarring his ht’s events Nora and he had… No, al eyes Shame flooded his system when he remembered how he’d succuo down on hiain and looked around He sat fully dressed and on Nora’s living-room sofa, not in her bedroom Where she was he had no idea He stood and wandered to her office but she was nowhere to be seen He picked up her phone and called for a taxi to take hi up and found the downstairs bathroo, Sunshine," it read "Catholics-1, Scousers-0" Zach ripped the note off the mirror and tossed it in the wastebasket He noticed she’d left a toothbrush out for him and a bottle of aspirin He made quick use of both When he opened the medicine cabinet door to return the aspirin to the shelf, his eyes caught Nora’s na sha his aching eyes to read the label Why on earth, Zach wondered, would Nora take a beta-blocker, the sa his father had to take for his heart trouble? Zach couldn’t believe someone who seemed as alive and vibrant as Nora could have such a serious health proble hand, Zach returned the bottle to the cabinet and shut the door

Stu frorab his coat and leave before anyone noticed he’d awoken But he knew he’d have to face thethat terrifying pill bottle, he had to see Nora andabout the kitchen atte to cook breakfast in a manner that appeared more combative than collaborative

"Jesus H Christ, Wesley," Nora said with feigned anger "Cheese os"

"Woman, Wisconsin is out of cheese now because of your omelet" Wesley ss "Set the table and stop being a backseat chef"