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“Daniel!” the lanced toward the staircase “Oh, there you are Look who's here Your missus”

BJ glanced in the same direction, then simply stared She had wondered how Daniel would look in person after thirteen years Now she knew

He looked fantastic

For a moment he stared back at her, no expression at all on his incredibly handsonized her It had been too long, and she was sure she had not made the impression on him back then that he had on her

Before she could speak, he was couely feline Just a bit predatory The s, but she had a moment to notice that his obsidian eyes were deadly serious before he grabbed her and yanked her toward hilad you could make it after all”

A h to melt the soles of her leather sandals

When the kiss ended, he didn't give her a chance to speak—even if she had been able to, which certainly wasn't guaranteed just then Gripping her shoulders hard enough to leave fingerprints, he looked at the bald man, who hovered nearby with an oddly sentiive us aup to do”

Bernard? BJ found herselfWas that really that man's name?

The big man nodded “You and the missus can use that little parlor just behind you You won't be disturbed I'll let you knoe have to go In the meanti us, after all”

“Oh, but—”

Daniel's fingers dugher words to end in a gasp “Yes, do that,” he said to the other man

Bernard was frowning at BJ “So, Mrs Andreas?”

She glanced up at Daniel in bewilder back to Bernard with a strained smile “I just need to talk to my, er, to Daniel in private for a moment”

The large“Right this way, ma'am”

He ushered theantly furnished little parlor and closed the door behind him to leave them alone