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She thought about that ht of how her skin felt tight How her heart constantly beat out of her chest

She thought that Teague had the longest fingers—the strongest hands, she’d ever seen on a man And she realized he had a dimple when he smiled

And when he smiled at her, he set off a chain reaction inside her body that was all butterflies, and flushed cheeks and…

And good Lord, what the hell was happening to her?

“You okay?”

It was after dinner and the sun was starting to set They’d had barbecued ribs and chicken, pasta salad and homemade apple pie The kids had lit a few leftover sparklers froreed to let Harry spend the night with Caleb It was an easy decision—David was off to his one

Sabrina glanced at Allie Paul and Teague were near the far end of the property where the boys were still fooling around with the sparklers

“Sabrina?” Allie prompted

“I’ their way back to the boys Teague was bent low, listening to whatever it was Harry was saying and the sight of that little head next to Teague’s, his face upturned and listening with rapt attention, ain

She really needed to deal hatever this was and move on

“I’rin “It’s nice to see you s yourself”

Fireflies began to flicker along the property line eliciting a round of squeals from the boys As the sun cohts around the pool glowed, and Sabrina wa

s content to just sit and watch her son Morgan was still at her friend’s house and wouldn’t be ho afternoon, and her irlfriends

“So,” Allie began, leaning closer to Sabrina “What’s Teague’s story? I mean, I knohat I read in the papers and saw on TV, but he’s not at all what I iined”

“No? What did you think he’d be like?”