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With wobbly legs and aching muscles, he approached the tray He removed the condom with a tissue Then he cleaned his thuaze off her as he drew up his pants and pulled up his zipper

He settled in next to the pole, and Cora’s gaze held his Trapped in a soul so loving, a frigid emptiness stuck him hard in the chest What had he done that made Cora unable to talk to him?

Where had he gone wrong?

A hundred questions flashed through his mind as he res, she wobbled on her feet, and before she dropped to the ground, he gathered her in his arms

Unexpected eripped him and his heart swelled when she leaned in to hi the scene Or that he needed with desperation for Porter to see her explode under his touch

His focus remained on the so one undeniable truth: He couldn’t endure this distance between them “Are we okay, Cora?”

She gave a dozy grin “Yeah, sir, we’re okay”

Chapter Eleven

Dinner at the sports bar, Mickey’s, on the Vegas strip had been a tradition of the Club Sin Masters Nothing was off-topic for discussion as they drank beers and ate great pub food Since Club Sin Master Kyler Morgan had to w

ork a late shift for the force on Wednesday, the night got switched to this dreary, rainy Monday evening

The dark clouds , but it’d kept his mind off Cora Now all his troubles with her flooded histo be sos

The newest addition to their evening hadn’t been his idea, it’d been Kyler’s Though Aidan didn’twith the otten Cora to open up when Aidan couldn’t didn’t improve his day

Aidan ate another bite of his pri the football game Even his favorite team played like shit He wiped his face with a napkin and then drowned the heaviness in his body aith his cold beer

Atop wooden stools in front of a thick oak table in the center of the bar, the loud noise in the pub washed over hi the chatter in his mind With Drabbed a couple fries before dipping them into ketchup

As he ate, he looked to Porter