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“Eric, I sahat I saw!”

“Okay, okay,” he said His voice was soothing, but not placating “I believe you”

“You do?”

“Yes,” he said, sliding his ar into hi her hair “After all the creepy shitat dinner tonight?” he chuckled “Believing you isn’t that big a stretch, really”

Melody sighed contentedly against his chest Being held in his arh — felt overwhel day of skiing with no clothes on

It was right then she realized she was just about naked

“I Uh…”

“Don’t have hed

“No,” she grinned

“That’s okay,” he said “Me neither”

She looked down at hi else His shoulders and arms ell-defined, corded with muscle just beneath the smoothness of his skin His wide chest tapered down to his flat stoh to form a ‘V’ at the bottom It was a ‘V’ that Melody had always loved One that usually pointed doard toward… other things

“C’et into bed”

With thethroide the room was cool, almost chilly even But beneath the sheets…

Beneath the sheets Melody was deliciously warm and safe

Eric was curled up against her, spooning into her protectively since laying down With his big arainst the backs of hers? She felt protected Tucked away from whatever crazy bullshit lie in the mansion’s halls and beyond