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Cliché it may be, but it was also true

Roxanna: Would you like a proper thank you for the flowers?

His heart rate sped up as he recalled their kiss in her back roo

Loyal: I would not presu…

Roxanna: How long will it take to get your nu ass back up here?

He was out of his vehicle and back at her door in record time—and discovered he’d have won his bet about what she wasn’t wearing under her robe

Saturday night, Loyal pulled into his brother’s driveway as big, fat snowflakes drifted down to dot the windshield They were supposed to get up to three inches, though it was sure to all melt by the next day

“Asher see today,” Roxanna said as he turned off the engine and reached for the bottle of wine down at her feet “Lessprotective”

He understood the hope in her voice She wanted this to go as s about the flowers helped”

“Or he’s going to use it against you”

“Against me, or us?”

She grinned as he hurried around to open her door “You,” she confironna stand up for me”

He shuddered, his hand at the small of her back on their way to the door “Don’t ever say that again”

“What?”

“That you’re like a sister I a I want to do is think of you like a sister That’s just…” He gave an emphatic shake of his head on their way to the door “Ew”