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"Maybe you should take the top off so you can cool off," Drake said I tried to pull the arh

"Goddammit," he said, frustration in his voice I held the top of the suit and he pulled and jerked it but nothing

"I' down my neck and face

"Christ," he said, his voice low "We have to cut you out of this – now"

The instructor brought the pair of scissors but they weren't up to the job and so they had to find a box cutter The instructor went out to his truck for a tool box, searching through his tools for one Luckily, Drake was a surgeon and was as good with box cutter as he was a scalpel He was able to cut around the zipper and down tothe suit off me I wobbled a bit from dizziness, and just about fainted Once the suit was off, they had to lay ht in a fan and Drake poured water overso fast andstarted to recover But I lay there in h to the skin, h the sheer wet lace

I was too sick to be very mortified, and the instructor just kept his eyes averted as Drake fanned me and held a cool cloth to my forehead

When I was finally cool enough, I sat up and just rested for a moment, to ht me a bottle of fruit juice and so better I put my sundress on over my wet bra and panties and Drake and I left the roup of hopeful trainees entered the building

We took the limo back to the hotel, and Drake pulled me into his embrace while we drove back

"You scared hand could have developed hypertherotten you out of the suit Plus, you have quite a sunburn"

"I' to faint"

"You almost did"

He tilted my head up and kissed me, softly, and I felt completely protected and cared for

"I feel really tired," I said once ere back at the hotel We went up to ht into the roo door

"What took you so long?" my father said

"We had trouble with the suit and had to cut Kate out of it She overheated a bit"