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The entire at with Remy’s demeanor She’d been concerned at first, and when he’d lifted his head and she’damount of possessive jealousy in the depths of his eyes, but she’d also gli that re out

Her fingers fluttered to the base of her neck and she shivered as she re hand caainst the wall, and all the sexual energy and the unequivocal need that had vibrated off him in waves All the heat and potent virility She hadn’t been alar about the assertive, doressively after years of resisting herso about the wicked, indecent way he’d touched her when she’d sha way he’d er and intense need, as if everything inside her had lain dors she yearned for

He’d overwhellorious sensations, and she couldn’t reasated by the fact that he’d completely shut down afterward There had been so much turo that she’d believed hiured out yet, he seemed desperate to escape more than what had just happened between the

She hadn’t seen Reht, but she’d spoken to him a few times on the phone—when she’d finally purchased the perfect building for Wilder Things—to give hi area of Williainal structural plans from the city to see exactly what he had to ith And another call about a week ago when he had soround level and the hotel rooms above He’d forwarded the contract and the estin online He’d kept everything about their interaction strictly business, as if he hadn’t ruined her for all otherout on her

But late to at his office for the two of thes he’d already done and any changes she wanted towas official until she had the keys to the building and perroundould be laid out for Reet started as soon as possible once she approved his ideas And seeing hiive her the chance to confront hio

The buzzing of her cell phone vibrating against her drafting table pulled her frohts, and she unlocked the screen so she could read the h

I’m on my way up to your place

Tempest smiled at the courtesy text from Maddux’s fiancée, Arabella Cole, still unable to believe that the daughter of Theodore Cole—the ed to her previously moody, driven-to-destroy brother who’d once only had contempt and scorn for the Cole family What a crazy difference two ht, so incredibly happy that Maddux had found his happily ever after with Arabella—the beauty to his beast—as had Hunter with Elaina “Elle” Darian that night of the ball The fact that Hunter had been able to track down the woether based on the crystal shoe she’d left behind was straight out of a Cinderella story

But both of her siblings’ paths to happiness hadn’t been easy Maddux had been shot while trying to protect Arabella, which had scared the shit out of all of them The entire situation had induced the same kind of terror and fear she’d felt when her parents had been killed, but thank God he’d recovered and was already back to work in the MadX-Tech offices And Hunter had essentially saved Elle from her evil stepood

Things in the Wilder household had finally settled down, and she loved that both of her brothers were beco domesticated, when they’d both sworn they’d never settle doith one woman Tempest didn’t want to think about where that left her At times, she felt like the odd ether since she was the only single sibling around two ridiculously happy couples

Then again, her life right noas so incredibly busy Between Wilder Passion increasing in subscribers at a rapid pace and the construction for Wilder Things starting very soon, she really didn’t have ti what she kneould be thesex of her life with one particular hot, sexy contractor she suspected was her unicorn guy? Absolutely But Reo, when he could have easily taken her right there up against the wall but had left instead, that it wasn’t going to happen

Hearing the chi on her floor, Terateful for the distraction froh her ht when she relived the way he’d taken co that encounter in her head while she was alone in bed got her off every single ti so much more

With a sigh, Te rooe bouquet of roses The arrangee it nearly covered her upper body, and Arabella had to hold the vase to the side to see where she was going

As soon as Te who they were froements that had been delivered at various times over the past two months, she’d send these to the nearby retirement home for the elderly residents to enjoy, as well They were too beautiful to go into the trash, and she didn’t want the reestures all around her place She’d already asked him not to send any more flowers, but her polite requests had fallen on deaf ears

“Hey, Bella,” Te the shortened version of her naiven her In a very brief tiood friends, and with Elle, as well