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“Do you think that’s all we are, these labels you’re tossing out willy-nilly?” he asked, countering her excuses

“Willy-nilly?” She smirked

“Don’t change the subject, D”

She sighed “No, it’s not what I think I was giving you a generalization of why I’m skeptical”

“Where’s the brave girl who made me come in my pants back there, then conned a police officer?”

Heat dusted her cheeks andwith the brain in her head and not the one below her belt”

“Sounds like a case of cold feet”

She snorted “We’re not getting married”

“No, but you’re running scared when you weren’t before Look If we overthink things, we’ll ruin this weekend It’s not a mandate we have all the answers now”

The soothing baritone calun” She took a deep breath

“It’s all right I figured once the freak-out set in you’d start to pull away,” he said The resignation in his voice wounded her He expected her to run

No matter what, this was still Pierce He didn’t deserve to be subjected to the bitch who came out when her too-close-for-coht sky that hid her actions, she wrung her hands Soon she’d be forced to h decisions She needed to be sure they were the right ones

Chapter Three

Pierce pulled in front of the hotel, and Deasped

“Oh le Inn” He reached over and squeezed her hand “How can I ever repay you?”