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And that little reminder of mortality du her nipples “I don’t think so”

They were here for a purpose—to accidentally run into Ivy and pump her for information Ivy was one of the handful of people who knew Sylvie was the woh-Heeled Wonder If anyone would love to spill the beans, it would be Ivy

“Why don’t you scoot a little closer, Sylvie honey?” Tony’s voice carried across the aisle

Ivy raised her gaze from her laptop screen She smirked, rose, and sauntered over

“Aren’t you two just way too cute for words” The redhead stood next to the table, one hip cocked

Just as her nas went up forever She’dherself into rehab a few years ago, but she still carried herself with the overwhel sense of predatory confidence that had made her a star on the couture runways

Without waiting for an invitation, Ivy sat down next to Tony The deep green booth acted as the perfect foil for her red hair and porcelain skin In the past six months, Sylvie and Ivy hadn’t spoken more than five words—a fact that burned a diht about it

The two of the Drea had covered all things cose of her deep contacts within the ossip for Catwalk Strut High-Heeled Wonder cons and trends All three of the blogs did well, but High-Heeled Wonder had become the breakout star, with o, Ivy left the group in a jealous huff

Ivy flipped her hair over one shoulder “You’re lucky Pippa and Anders are seated in the private VIP dining room From what I hear, both would love to flay you, cook you, and pretend to eat you” She turned the full force of her blue eyes on Tony “You must be the stand-in”

Sylvie slid her fingers between Tony’s “Trying to dig up gossip for your blog?”

Arching a perfectly waxed eyebrow, Ivy grinned “You forget I know you, Sylvie Bissette Your type runs more…soft? Skinny? Beta? Gay?”

Sylvie’s last thread of patience, strung tighter and tighter since she’d walked into The Darling House, snapped and she g

rabbed Tony’s face in her hands Without stopping to consider the consequences, she slid her lips over his His surprisingly soft lips parted beneath hers and his strong fingers curled around her waist She sucked his bottom lip into her mouth and nibbled

At the first taste of strong coffee and pepper hinet-worthy attraction pulling the that had been building between the exploded in a tsuna

Tony’s hands never left her waist, but his touch ed to weave its way across her body on an electric current that turned everything hard into soive to be locked in his arms anywhere else