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"Yeah That's where I ended up too When ave hi toto learn more about that side of the business He took one look at those spreadsheets and fell in love A week later, Griffen cae for the suave it to Griffen No explanation He just took it He did that all the ti you loved to soainst each other"
Scarlett turned to face ine pitting my— How do you all not hate each other?"
"We're not as close as we could be," I said, thinking of Griffen and Ford, once closer than brothers, and now… I didn't knohat they were now but calling them family seemed like a stretch
"It didn't alork," I went on, wanting Scarlett to understand, though I didn't knohy "Sterling found a kitten once She loved that scraggly thing Prentice said she was too young for a pet and gave it to Parker Parker loved the kitten, too, but she snuck it into Sterling's roo one We never found out what he did with it"
"He got rid of their kitten?" Scarlett's voice pitched up in outrage "He really was an asshole"
"Yeah" I laughed under my breath "You should see the list of suspects West had for Prentice's murder"
"Long?" Scarlett asked, raising one eyebrow, her lips quirked in a smile
"Very" I grinned back, at that moment in perfect accord with Scarlett Hall Without another thought, I raised one hand, drove ers into her thick, silky hair, and pulled her face to mine
I'd been thinking about kissing Scarlett since thatThere was no way that kiss had been as perfect in reality as it was in my memory I'd been half asleep I'd eood, but it couldn't have been the best kiss of my life
I'd been right That first kiss had not been the best kiss of my life
This one was
I half-expected her to pull away, but Scarlett leaned intotheue strokedon as she tilted her head to the side, drawing me deeper
My ar her back until her legs met the bare mattress behind her It didn't take much to hitch my knee on the bed and draw her with roaned low in her throat, her eyes flashing ith understanding
Mybetween her legs, our bodies a perfect fit Everything about her was a perfect fit That thought h to consider it
I didn't want to think I didn't want Scarlett thinking I only wanted to feel Wanted her hand tight on the back of ue stroked ht of her breast in ainst the lace of her bra One fingernail scraped the peak and she arched her back, another lowrestlessly beneath me
I thought about stripping her shirt over her head and finally seeing her…
Not yet I hadn't locked the door I was drowning in the feel of her, the taste of her, but I was alert enough to remember that I hadn't locked the door Okay Next tiinning to think I could kiss this woman all day
I couldn't remember the last time I'd kissed a wo for the sake of kissing had disappeared froh school My cock was hard as hell, ready for the slick heat of her pussy If kissing her was this good, fucking her would be life-changing
Was that why I was happy I had an excuse to keep our clothes on? Did so Scarlett would be soher was so much more than sex had ever been?
The warm silk of her skin under my mouth, her breath in my ear, hard and fast and just as desperate as ertips Those sounds in her throat, low asps—if she sounded like this just from my mouth and my hand, how hot would she be once I was inside her?