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Mark was one of the security guards fro six-foot six ex- face and a body like a professional wrestler

Anyone would feel safe with hi out for them

"Okay," I said and finishedback down on the bed and pulling the tray of food closer I munched on a cracker and sipped at the honeyed pepper to find out if it helped my nausea

It did It seehed, relieved that I wasn't going to run right back in and heave once rey slacks, ad his perfectly formed buns and er and began to fasten the buttons Finally, he slipped a tie over his neck and adjusted it, then turned to me

"How do I look? Fit for a visit to my lawyer?"

"You look incredibly handsorey makes your eyes so blue"

"Oh, yeah?" Luke said and ca over h for a kiss?"

I sh"

"Don't tempt me," he said after he kissed me three times in a row "I'll be late"

I watched him slip on his socks and then his jacket He looked like a professional off to meet another professional to talk about important matters and I remembered that first time I saw him in the mall with his red umbrella

I had thought he was cute in a handsome but still boyish way He still was, but I'd coood looking he really was

He was handsoh that he could be a model Yet, he seemed totally unaware of it He never primped in front of a mirror, he never fussed about his hair or clothes They were all just details he had to take care of so he could get to what really mattered to him -- his business Space Rockets Satellites

I felt incredibly lucky that there was also a part of what ed to me He'd chosen me to be his partner in life I exhaled and watched as he stuffed hisa hand through his hair to get it out of his eyes

"Do I need to lose the beard?" he asked, turning tohis jaw "Will I be seen as a reprobate if I keep it? It's awfully nice not to have to shave every day"

"You look , hoping he caught the Billy Crystal iard for you, okay?"