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Especially him

Dressed in a black suit with a pewter shirt opened at the neck, he was devilishly handsome His hair was a tousled ly

“That will be all, Brandon,” he said to the valet, dis him

“Of course If you need anything, Mr Bax, I’ll be right out front”

Not that he had guests to assist Must be a quick slip outside for discretionary purposes

“Are you all right?” Dane asked as he regarded me closely

“Sure,” Ito break the ice, I added, “Should I be wearing a hard hat?”

He chuckled, low and deep The sound resonated withinmy arousal Hoas that even possible? I was absurdly turned on froht of him

“You’re safe, I assure you The construction’s co of the suites upstairs and the penthouse The casitas on the back portion of the property and the indoor aquatic center and its two restaurants are still being built”

“I was thinking lance at the one we stood under “Looks like it’d wipe out an entire village if it fell”

“I pro anywhere”

“Right Okay” Butterflies got the best ofbut a bundle of nerves—not all of the at the hint of his cologne wafting underpresence I’d ever encountered

He stepped aside and said, “Shall we?”

I finally noted that he’d kept a respectable distance when he’d joinedme at all And he didn’t take my hand or offer his arm

He’d seen my reaction to Kyle Jenns when he’d reached for me—not to mention everyone else who’d laid a hand onHe’d come to my rescue because of it all