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He’d recently traded his military haircut for a classic short back and sides … and daers through the rich brown strands he’d allowed to grow I also wouldn’ta personal inspection of his rock-hard abs, orthat epic ass of his a little squeeze

At Ava’s expectant look, I sniffed and said, “He scrubs up well”

She gavemy apparent disinterest And so she shouldn’t It wasn’t ly seductive He possessed the kind of appeal that any woman would be susceptible to Especially with that air of complete control that held just a hint of wildness—it was totally bad boy

More, he walked with the smooth stride and undauntable co through the underbrush My hormones honestly didn’t knohat to do with themselves around him

“He’s not sleeping with Ursula anymore,” said Ava

Yes, I’d heard The feht he intended to co if I said a part of me wasn’t relieved about it Which was a little unfair ofit “Hmm”

“Ooh, are we pretending you’re totally unaffected by the news and, more, that you don’t want to jump his bones?”

“Yes, that’s exactly e’re doing So glad you’re on board”

She sighed “Fine Just know you’re not foolingit’s a tay street”

Okay, now she was just confusing me “Perhaps you haven’t noticed that he actively avoids me”

Ava’s brow creased “No, I have While he never really sought you out in the past, he also never went out of his way to not be around you … until recently There’s this weird, thick, crackly tension between you now”

There was It felt unstable and precarious and filled with things left unsaid I had the feeling that hy Sah Pair, but also the coether several times They were probably worried that the afore bad on a battlefield

“I thought you guys had a disagree,” Ava added