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“Aren’t you the black sheep,” she o into the family business?”
His face darkened and his back stiffened against the straight-back chair “I did It didn’t work out”
Okay… She reached across the table and covered his er hand with hers “Well then, I am a very lucky woman, because where would I be noithout you?”
The tensethickened the oregano-tinged air around the her heart on a roller-coaster ride Seeers slid between his, wrapping around his strong digits Sucking on her bottom lip, she looked up to his face
His brown eyes darkened to deep ued lashes, and his broad shoulders slanted forward His gaze, as tactile as a touch, slid across her skin, leaving a blaze of hunger in its wake that no amount of divine pasta could satisfy
Her nipples pebbled against her lace bra, so o The ainst her sensitive flesh Lips parted, hungry for the taste of him, she leaned forward until she was so close that his soft breath caressed her cheek Only a few inches of charged air separated them and she desperately wanted to breach that chasainst her hips as she stretched forward and her eyelids drooped
Tony’s chair screeched against the tile floor and his hand jerked away from hers Her eyes snapped open He stood next to the table, evidence of his arousal clear froainst his zipper Slowly, her rip hich he held his empty plate and the stubborn set to his jaw
“It’s late I’ll take care of the dishes” He pivoted on his heel and beelined it to the sink
With the effectiveness of double-layered shapewear, s “Look, I’m not sure exactly what happened here”
“I shouldn’t haveto kiss you earlier It made you assume that this”—he waved his hand in the air— “could happen But your life’s on the line, Sylvie, and I can’t afford to lose sight of that” He shoved a plate into the dishwasher
Chaos reigned in her thoughts as she regarded hi sucks, but I don’t understand—”
“You wouldn’t understand” He whipped around, anger burning in his expression “Not someone with your charmed existence But I lost focus once and it cost aain I won’t Boundaries are necessary so I can concentrate on catching this creep”
Yes, boundaries she understood All too well To-do lists, checklists, and memorized lists of appropriate behaviors Once Henry and Anton had welcoirly room with her name stenciled in lemon yellow on one wall, she’d sworn never to disappoint theht decision in adopting her and Anya For the most part, she’d acco therievous error never completely left her
Unable to regain their earlier natural ease, and confused as to why it even athered her dishes and deposited them on the counter
In silence, he rinsed her plate, his jaw as rigid as concrete The red sauce circled the drain before disappearing as if it had never been there In two minutes, all evidence of their cozy dinner had been washed away, leaving thehtly lit kitchen