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“He won’t wait long I don’t need the coot less than forty hours left in the year I don’t want to start the new one knowing he’s out there He won’t want to start it without me”

“Neither do I”

“You won’t have to” Because she sensed he needed it, she leaned into hiot a date”

“I’ll hold you to it”

When she started to ease back, he slid his arht her close “I’m not quite done here,” he ry kiss

For a moment that was all there was The taste of hiainst her, the need they created in each other ti inside her

Giving herself to it, and to hi

“Roarke, reot naked and crazy?”

“Mmm” He moved his mouth to her ear, felt her tre of that”

“Well, prepare yourself for a review on New Year’s Eve” She drew his head back, fra his face as she smiled at him “I’ve decided it’s one of our holiday traditions”

“I feel very warmly toward tradition”

“Yeah, and if I feel et my job done, so…”

She jumped away from him when her ’link beeped and all but pounced on it “Dallas”

“Lieutenant” Peabody’s face swaain, then came shakily back

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