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“You’ve always brought out the best in ”

“Always,” Pierce said

“We’ll see Slow and steady I think we otten ahead of ourselves”

“Would you change it?” he asked

“No fucking way, man”

Proud, he started the car and pulled out, headed to the hotel So far, so good

THE EFFORTLESS WAY they slipped into their new roles astounded her She ht be bold, but she’d always been a cohen it caht in front of her when her mother died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysh that an to regret her i back to what they’d once been The only direction to travel would be forward As I should have asked round her teeth together How could she say no to Pierce of all people?

She’d do anything to see her partner in cri her own heart on the line She gulped That’s what scaresfroet past the aard getting-to-know-you stage, or spill their guts, this train had only one destination She toyed with the clunky silver rose ring on her index finger, spinning the circle around as she watched the buildings in the darkness

“You got quiet Are you okay?” Pierce said

“Yeah, I’, and stunned”

“You really had no clue?” He sounded almost disappointed

“I never put us in that category, Pierce It’s nothing personal You were in the sexy-best-friend-I-love-to-death file”

“Sexy, huh?”

She laughed, i his smirk “You have a mirror, so I’m sure you’re well aware of how attractive you are”

“But I didn’t know you thought that”