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“Take your hands off her and step back”

Bobbi froze when she heard the voice and it only ed to confuse her more than she already was Note to self: Please don’t pound back three doubles and a couple shots of tequila on an empty stomach

Thewhen she sto end of her four inch Manolos hitting the top but good

“Back off, asshole,” he est you—”

But then the words were cut off as he was hauled backward—taking Bobbi along with hirip fell away and he landed on his ass in the middle of the dance floor

Time rolled away as Bobbi pushed her hair off her face and stared up into the eyes of the onefor the last four o and then crushed it in less time than it took to walk out of this bar and not look back

“Bobbi,” Shane said as he stepped forward, his tall frame draped in leather and denim His voice was as smooth as the whiskey she’d just downed and the sound of it triggered all sorts of things inside her Hot things Fierce things

Painful things

He sported a few days worth of stubble across his strong chin, and thick espresso colored hair that was still on the long side—not exactly badass, but not exactly GQ either His dark eyes regarded her with a blank expression and that little box inside her—the one that held Shane close, the one she never opened—expanded and then relaxed

The fierce and hot things inside her withered away to nothing Sh

e fucking hated that blank look It was the sa her ever since he had shown up in New Waterford the previous fall

Danny popped out frorilared at her At least his expression wasn’t blank Nope She had no proble on inside his head

Danny’s thoughts were spelled out loud and clear Trouble

In that s she could have said and hell, soher’s dark eyesat the top of her head and then finishing at the botto she could think of—which didn’t make much sense at all

She squared her shoulders and lifted her chin “It’s Vera fucking Wang, in case you ondering”