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Kit was determined to find out about a past that didn’t concern him Well, too damn bad
Historical inforht, no She was too damned stubborn to let Kit win this battle Her file was closed to interested viewers
The great Kit Keesling would learn the hard way He’d process and accept the word “no” Besides, he was far too obsessive anyway If he knew everything about her, wouldn’t he later use it against her? Wouldn’t details of her past life drive hiether? And why, pray tell, did he think her history determined what kind of future they could have? How shalloas that?
And it was shallow, right? She decided on a short second, yes Her past was best left in the yesteryears where those days belonged Her life pre-Keeslings in no shape, forether in the future
“If you plan to play the game like a sport, you can’t sit around and be a discontented spectator You gotta be a tea the best course of action was pure arrogance She wasn’t about to open herself up like a coffee-table book The colorful pictures discovered there provided a private tour to events she didn’t want to revisit through the eyes of others
“I aaze to her chest
“Maybe I should refresh your memory on team play No man is left behind and no one stands alone out front ThatIf I tell you about my former lovers, you tellthat but took a ga a safe bet
“I’ve had relationships,” Kit bit out “Your situation is different”
Daht she’d just cru he wanted to know He wasn’t h to handle her “I haven’t seen sports positively disagreeable “It’s starting to bother me, Kit”
“Maybe you haven’t been looking in the right places,” he said, glancing down
“Ah, now, tiger,” she drawled “Are you trying to tell rity in your breeches?”
He copped a smile “You’d like to think so, wouldn’t you, Holly? It would be so ined, led you straight back to where the best of slippery goodness starts anyhow”
“You mean in the sack?”
His eyes darkened “It’s true You don’t care aboutfor corruption, you believe you’ll find whatever it is you need between a s It’s virtue that you have a problem with, baby, and that’s one area where I can’t help you
“You ruined yourself years ago and no ile days you left behind long before you understood what your actions ht cost you later”