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“But I don’t want to think about that today,” she said, the annoyance in her voice shifting to a more cheerful tone, which he preferred, too “Before we head back to the house, there’s oneI want to do”
He s he’d try his daive her the moon and stars if she asked for them “And what’s that?”
She pointed ahead of them on the boardwalk to Playland’s Castaway Cove and one of the aiant kaleidoscope of neon colors “Now that it’s dark, I want to ride the Ferris wheel with you” Her finger lifted to the very top of the apparatus “I want to see what the city looks like from up there”
“Okay” That request he could easily fulfill
They strolled in that direction, and after purchasing two tickets, they got onto the ride, sitting side by side As the wheel slowly rotated upward, Raevynn cuddled up to hi about the azed out at all the twinkling lights of the city, her expression reflecting awe before she turned andin the blue depths
“Thank you for the most perfect day ever,” she whispered softly, appreciatively “It was easily one of the best days of my life”
He tipped his head in a one of your many Grammys would top that list”
“All those awards are a nice validationbut you gavetime The ability to be and feel nor this ti nearby,” she added with a bit of humor
Collin felt the salad that he’d been the one to provide all these irl”
With her looking at him with such adoration, he lifted a hand and cupped her cheek, turning her chin a bit more so he could lower his head and kiss her Their lips ly sensual, yet there was no denying the slow burn of desire that quickly rose between them
“I lied,” she ainst hisI want”
He pulled back a few inches to see her beautiful face “Anything,” he said,it
She bit her lower lip for a ht with you in your bed, and not just to sleep”
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p; Heat sluiced through Collin’s body at her brazen request There wasn’t a single reason he could come up with to say no, and the truth was, he didn’t want to They were both adults, and aswith Raevynn, he’d take whatever he could get with her, for as long as it lasted A few h-profile life, and he’d return to his quiet, solo one