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Deciding it would be best to not ask him to repeat it, she just nodded

His giant hand landed on her shoulder, their first touch What’s wrong with me? Have I lost my mind? Clearly she had

He winked at her, and then he smiled And God, what a smile it was She could lose herself cohtly Then the smile faded and he cupped her chin The intiht “Thank you, Shelby” He turned away and went back to the stage

Everything about Alex Chaood thing In fact, that was a very bad thing Her clenching sex didn’t seeree

After her breathing settled down a little, she turned to her friend “Jessie, what did I just agree to?”

Alex walked back up to the stage after getting Shelby to consent to helping his that had been made up for all the attendees Austin’s secretary was quite capable and quite the looker, too The blonde beauty had curves he would love to get to know better Deep blue eyes Pouty lips The whole package He’d beenin full swing and do all his time, he hadn’t In another couple weeks he would clear his too-busy schedule and take her on a proper date

Shelby was froreed towith Charly and hearing her unbelievable offer to be the lead on the project When completed, she wanted hi its chief of staff

Austin had gotten Shelby to get the gift bags put together for today’s event

Gift bags?

More like “shake people down for additional donations” bags Fund-raising was so But it had to be done Even with Charly’s enormous donation, the hospital would need people invested in its success The best way to make that happen was to have people involved in the project and later in the hospital’s day-to-day operation Locals could volunteer, which was definitely going to be needed, but he’d learned a long tio that when a person donated hard-earned cash, their involvement would be less likely to falter

Wilde needed this hospital Yes, the local doc had an office where he could see patients, but any eencies had to be transported to Elko, Alex’s ho, but when someone’s life was on the line, it was too far

“You about ready to get this shindig underway?” Justin, his brother, ca since getting tossed off that bronc down in Texas this suer I have to wait for the barbeque to be dished out, which is the best part of this party You get me?”

“I get you, Justin” Alex’s brother’s gut dictated a lot of why he did what he did—almost as much as his cock, which definitely was the reason Justin was a proud man-whore from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet

He did understand Justin He also understood Brandon His brothers were his closest friends He trusted them utterly They’d always been close, but after their shared tragedy years ago, they’d been ceether even more

Theirtheir dad Wayne Champion had done his best with them, but had been as lost as they ithout her Alex and his brothers had all ended up basically on their own during their high school years, each only one year apart—Brandon the senior, him the junior, and Justin the sophomore