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Her eyes snapped up to ht?"

His gaze swept over her, co every inch of her to memory “Oh, yeah"

She sertips “I'll behave I promise"

Garrett wrapped his ar in the scent of her “Thank you"

He held her for a fewpast her, he headed out of the bedroo back

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High Voltage: Chapter 13

She barely had time to pull her panties back on before Robert entered the suite Serena e table that had been set up in front of the tall fireplace The rest of the suite was ie and decorated in a tasteful, stately manner The sectional was a pristine white, the coffee and end tables were beveled glass atop thick marble columns She would have liked to have seen the entire penthouse, but noas not the time

As it was, just eyeing the table where she and Garrett were supposed to have a quite, romantic dinner made her sullen Disappointment would have settled in, but it couldn't coh her

Reaching for the glass of chane she'd abandoned earlier when Garrett had joined her, she took a long sip, hoping like hell it would cal serious was taking place that she knew absolutely nothing about It was so she couldn't comprehend—a dire situation, in fact Otherwise, Garrett would have taken the time to explain it all to her And he wouldn't have sent Robert to look after her

What the hell is going on?

As she drew in another long sip, she recalled the conversation she'd had with Garrett last night About the danger she was in He'd said others had wanted her Was that what this was about? Was that why he wanted her to stay here? Not just out of harht?

Her gaze slid to Robert, who busied hine from the silver ice bucket and offered her a refill After he'd returned the bottle to its resting place, he said, “Try not to worry"

Another healthy gulp and she replied, “Tellto worry about, and I'll stop"

His light brown eyes darkened in color “I wish I could tell you what you want to hear But Garrett wouldn't want me to lie to you"