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“Too bad I’ to let you eat yourself into oblivion this time”

Lacey pouted “I’ myself into oblivion”

“Ha! Last time you were du everything and anything you could get your hands on Then you exercised yourself to near exhaustion for the next teeks Not this time I just can’t take it”

Lacey swatted at his hand and he released her She swung around and glared at hiht I wasn’t du” She frowned, “And just how did you knoay? It was only a few hours ago that I found hily and wet and having her ith Evan ca back like a bad movie

Nick cupped Lacey’s chin in his hand and stared down at her She was so beautiful it hurt So delicate and yet so strong at the sa his sweet Lacey What kind of man could have her in his bed and still want other women? An idiot

He rubbed his thumb over her bottom lip and whispered, “Your mom orried”

“Oh sure, use her why don’t you?” she gruht, a healthy dose of guilt”

Nick knew it hadn’t been her intention to worry her h to realize her first reaction whenever she was hurting was to call her mother It didn’t seem to matter that she enty-six; evidently, mom’s voice was still a comfort

“I’ you your house then yeah, yourto enjoy touching her a little too much Even with her messy hair and stained sweat outfit, he still wanted to take her to bed “As good as that outfit looks on you, you htly less…lived-in”

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Nick was intent on getting Lacey over her , he could be downright tenacious He sh of surrender

“Okay, you win Where are you taking me?” She turned around and walked to her bedroom

Nick gave into the sht He loved it when she conceded to his deo see that movie the dickhead wouldn’t take you to”

That had her ot old for her and she was especially fond of thrillers Damn, he hated to adnawed at his heart knowing she ith Evan Thinking of the dickhead ht had nearly killed him

The look of dejection on her face when she’d opened the door had hi Had she cared about Evan so ht she’d been all that into the relationship If there was one thing he’d learned about Lacey over the years he’d worked for her brother, it was that Lacey fell into relationshipsalone

That one little detail had gotten him over to her apartment in record time With her latest love breakup, he didn’t want Lacey to find soood they would be together He had one shot to prove they could be friends and lovers

Nick had figured out pretty damn fast that he had it bad for Lacey At first, he’d liked her quirkiness and her unconventional ways They’d soht from the start In fact, he felt closer to her than he did her brother, Merrick

Lacey was the only woman he’d ever knoas so comfortable in her own skin She wasn’t insecure or dependant and he admired the hell out of her for those qualities But beyond that was her sense of fairness and her alnificant other would never even occur to her He clenched his fist and wished he could thu or so in and finding Evan with her supposed friend

He’d never cared hty for his taste, and too helpless He grunted Yeah right, she was about as helpless as a barracuda He had run into her a couple of times at Lacey’s apartment and she had come on to him both times Nick hadn’t even been te Now Lacey, ah yeah, she was definitely to his taste Her allure was subtler, classier Delicate and teasing on the surface, but unrestrained and wild underneath

He knew deep in his bones Lacey would be a fiery little thing in bed She wouldn’t hold back anything And Evan had experienced her passion for the past sixlove to Lacey He could kill the bastard for that alone But what perplexed hi Lacey apparently hadn’t done it for hi for taste The ht happily