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She sed past the sand pit in her mouth and—out of a sense of primal survival desperation—moved so the small, round kitchen table was between them It wasn't that she was afraid of him More like she was afraid of what she wanted to do when she was near hiine

"I's ahead"

He glanced down at the table and back up at her with a knowing s that?"

Her cheeks burned Da a deep breath, she clicked together her bad attitude, using it as a shield against his cocky charet more information about the Rhinestone Cowboys"

He spread his legs wide and crossed his arms over his broad chest "You don't need to know more"

His stance couldn't have screa man, you oman" any more if he tried

This wasn't how she worked Drew, of all people, should know that She wasn't about to entrust her life to so the ht be physically safe with him, but emotionally was a whole other story The best way to save herself was to get this whole cat and ame over with as quickly as possible, so that was exactly what she was going to do

"I' to sit around Catfish Creek and wait for those two goons to make their move"

"That's the stupid plan the Feds cah his wet hair,it stand up as he rounded the table to her side

Her pulse picked up as he neared and desire warh her body Her nipples hardened automatically with his closeness, as if they'd been trained to sit up and take notice of Drew Hell, with the way he played them like a maestro they had She couldn't control her body's reaction to him and it pissed her off as much as it turned her on He really was the one , which is exactly why she had to fight against it so hard She couldn't trust hiht her oh so well That pinprick of hue of desire and back to the problem at hand

"I' to sit back and wait for the other shoe to drop That's not the way I roll"

"No, you just roll over everything in your path without any thought about the consequences, but there will be so idiotic like try to draw Wynn and Miller out without backup"

"All the more reason why I can't wait for the Feds to do their job" Frustration over the situation and her body's reaction to the half nakedto get out of the kitchen before she did soet ready Until I know 's norh school reunion welco hi to all the bitches who think I slept h the entire varsity football roster and the assholes who started that rumor in the first place"

"If that's the way you feel about co to the reunion then why are you even here?" he asked

Stopping in the doorway she glanced back at hiainst the table and the top of his towel had slunk do enough she could see a few dark hairs curling over the edge The temptation to walk back over and drop to her knees in front of hiust of wind She could fuck him She could suck his dick She could tease and te but mush, but she wouldn't be able to walk away happy after that That suht her that When it caht pair of Levis He always had been He alould be She could pretend she'd come back to Catfish Creek to flip her classmates the bird but that was a lie, she realized in a rush She'd come back to see him