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I ran to him Threw myself in his arms “I love it!”

He seemed relieved Almost like he’d been nervous the whole time Hunter — my confident, handsome, alpha boyfriend The one as never nervous or afraid of anything

On top of being incredible sexy, it was also adorable

“Ever wonder why Deanna acted so strange with you in the hallway that night?” he asked

I thought about it “Yeah?”

“Well she saw it,” he said “That painting Half-finished, while she was in my bedroom”

“Oh…”

“She was angry that night Totally pissed We got into a fight, and she accusedup’ on you”

I remembered It all made sense now

“But after she left,” Hunter went on, “I sat there alone for a while and that’s when I realized soed almost imperceptibly “I was”

I hugged him, and he spun me around the room There was no one else there, at least not in that part of the exhibit No one in the world but us

Suddenly he pullingto keep up Hunter kept looking over his shoulder

“Hunter, what are you—”

He flung open a door, then shoved me inside When he closed it behind hilass roo s looking out over the Mansion’s enorardens

“W—What is this place?”