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He barely had the wind to laugh again

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DAMIEN

She talked in her sleep Nothing loud really, just a few murmurs and whispers But it was damned cute Almost as cute as she was

And the girl spooning naked beside me was beyond cute

Serena… I even liked the name Serena from New York She hadn’t said that part yet, but it was more than a little obvious Even clear across the world, a New Yorker’s accent was as obvious as a frying pan to the face Especially for a SoCal guy like me

I was propped up on one elbo, lightly tracing ertips ski down fro the curve of her beautiful hips

She’d been so hot crushed up against ave it back just as good as she got it

I liked that in a woman

I saw her shiver, so I pulled the blanket up over her shoulder It probably wasn’t the best idea, taking her ho her here at all I couldn’t let her go back to her hotel, though Not after they’d found her Not after they’d sniffed her out

I closed ht in the alley I’d been lucky things had gone my way Somehow she’d taken out Boone, just as I’d arrived, and Boone was tough I only caught the tail end of what happened between the

Christophe was still as strong as I remembered hiood getting ain If the police hadn’t shown up I’d have dragged hi he knew, even if I had to beat the teeth out of his h time

Serena shifted, and I spooned closer against her I’d forgotten how good it felt to sleep skin on skin Nakedness against nakedness, the soft curve of a woainst other parts of me too Parts that, like me, weren’t exactly ready for sleep just yet

For aher up for round two She see so peacefully, and whi adorably to boot I stared at her for severalher chest rise and fall Her face was unbelievably beautiful All relaxed now and s it

She’d handled herself well in the alley, and also in the bar She wasn’t uncomfortable, or reserved, or shy about what she wanted Not in the least