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“We should get back,” I said But sure enough, as soon as I tried to h he was careful not to touch nether and it hadn’t been pretty

“You know you can talk to ht?” he said softly

Too softly

Fuck, had he picked up on so? My behavior upstairs had been over the top, especially for me, but surely he couldn’t see why I’d reacted the way I had

“I’ myself to remain calm

“I don’t buy that and you know Ronan won’t either”

I did know that and while Phoenix was likely to let ht my behavior would be any kind of detriment to the job

Which et a handle on myself

“Nothing to tell,” I finally said as firmly as I could As confused as I was about ive voice to those feelings It had been a teht on by the close quarters And the fact that it had been a while since I’d been with a woman

Phoenix said nothing as he moved out of my way I hurried back to the fa down again in the saht, I went to sit on the sanorednored Ronan who I kneas looking at me just like Phoenix had downstairs

Once Phoenix entered the room and closed the door, Ronan nodded at Ethan to continue I steeled myself for as to come next and locked eyes with Ethan just before he opened his mouth