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Hisa shiver “I should warn you though I don’t have the best willpower”

“I don’t either,” I admitted Had my shiver made him want to hold me steady? His hands settled on ainst the side of ood “Maybe we could work on it together”

He chuckled wickedly “All right”

Outwardly, nothing between us had changed, but excited energy bounced inside me Like with Jillian, what had started out as a lie was now beco real He’d said the next person he dated would be his choice, who he wantedand that person was me

My tone was sly as I drew back enough to look at him but stayed in his embrace “Should we start to his rapidly beating heart “Or right now?”

He didn’t understand what I meant but followed my focus down to my hand and then to the chunky silver watch I wore It wasfor my wrist and rested halfway up my forearm His blue eyes sharpened on the heavy face of the watch, and then his gaze snapped up to mine

“Is that Leitner’s watch?”

I shrugged “He was so busy hitting on me, he must have dropped it”

Vance blinked, and the sinister smile that crawled across his face was so hot, it stole my breath He was utterly thrilled “How’d you do it?”

I chuckled, sliding the watch off e, I didn’t have to undo the latch on the leather band “It’s all about directing the person’s focus”

“Show me”

I shook ot a table full of people waiting on you Plus, I need to get this back to Niko”

“Let me handle that” He snatched the watch out of my hand and put it in the side pocket of his jacket Then his tone thickened, sounding lush “Shohat you’re good at, Emery,” he brushed a lock of hair back out of my eyes so he could study me better, “and I’ll do the same”

In the ht, his cheeks were more pronounced He reminded me of the sexy, uy

“Deal?” he asked

A voice remindedfrom them, but I was too enamored with him to care

“Deal”