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Not to mention the fehispers she’d heard over the years about Bass being sood” And that made hioddess than a god himself?

“You ht have to help me distract Ryder,” she said

“He’ll have to get over hirown ass wo Penny’s shoulders Lily’s blond hair was fastened into a tight up-do, and the trademark McCade flare was proasm”

Penny needed soet shot down?”

“If a guy shoots you down, he’s a uys, ones ood thing As long as you’re coo after what you want”

Problem ho she wanted was her brother’s best friend, a

fact Bass wouldn’t overlook lightly She would have to be persuasive if she was going to get the rigid attorney to bend to her idea

Whatever the end result would be, going for Sebastian tonight was putting the group dynamic in jeopardy But she had to try

She kneas attracted to her At least, she thought she knew Last year they’d played a harame of Sardines that turned into a few ainst her in the dark, and her breathing in his scent

She’d thought for sure he was going to kiss her He’d been close She could still feel his breath against her lips when he’d whispered the phrase she’d been repeating in her mind for nearly nine months:

Don’t challenge et what I want in the end

Usually what he wanted was short ters were full of the wildest sex a person could iht his attention, got a gli underneath, and was now deter persona

“I’ red hair a flick and faced her friend “Tiasm to commence”

…

Bass glanced at the brunette across the roo him out for the past ten ave was one he recognized A look that led to the bedroom

“If that wo to catch fire,” Huck Galvin said loudly into Sebastian’s ear over the boo music of the club

Yeah, that brunette could end his dry spell She was prime, ready, and most importantly, not Penny Diamond

Get her out of your head

Good fucking luck with that He’d been trying to get her out of his mind ever since last suht she was too soft for hiame where he ended up alone with her, he’d barely been able to resist tasting those lush lips of hers He could still feel her body hu for it

She was everything bright and good He’d known her a long time, and he’d never met her equal And he’d looked Hard But no one could coenuineness of Penny Diamond