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“Doing stupid things kids do,” he said, lifting one shoulder and letting it fall “I was caught on ca banks don My friends and I bent soed with property da and some community service

“Speaking of railings, I think it’s tilided up close to her, then reached for her hand, prying it from the cold metal

She resisted, and her feet nearly slid out from under her “Oh, no! I’ll fall”

“No, you won’t,” he said cal backward as he towed her away froot you”

I’ve got you She liked the sound of that

He studied her feet “Put the to do a duck walk All right?”

She couldn’t look down Instead, she looked straight at his broad chest as he led her slowly to the center of the rink Everyone else disappeared as he directed her, cal her, and for the first time it wasn’t about sex And it was…nice

She liked the feel of his warm hands in hers, the sound of his voice in her ears

It lulled her to a place where, for the first ti time, she felt safe

“So,” he said as he glided with her, an to seep into Eva’s limbs She was surprised at how easy it ith his ar “I’ve always known you didn’t want to follow in your father’s footsteps But I never asked you why”

She blinked at the unexpected question “Well, I had planned to at one point Dad didn’t discriroomed An

tonio Thoroughly,” she added with a wry smile

“So what changed?” he asked

“I interned at a cosrad school, and they had all these aniht “You should’ve seen it, Jack It was horrible I knew I had to do soful”

He didn’t respond, but so like hurt