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"But I can’t get him to make love to me" More tears came, and Kimber shook her head Damn, she hated this crybaby stuff It wasn’t her style But she’d never had such an emotional week "I laid under the ed--hier than his desire"
Luc dropped another soft, soothing kiss on herup"
"Yeah, on hed and wiped hot tears off her cheeks
"Maybe…if he knew I didn’t have it anyme" As if to prove his point, Luc rolled her to her back and nudged his hard cock against her "I would love to be your first and be honored… You don’t kno much But I think Deke needs this"
Kier over her lips to silence her "Again, his story to tell"
"Then we’re dooive in"
"He will I think he’s on the edge right now"
Luc paused and propped himself up on his elbows and looked down at her with a solerabbed his car keys and ran out the door I had to run a footrace to e The entire trip to your dad’s place he made phone calls, cursed, prayed He drove a hundred htly, I was surprised he had any blood flow left in his fingers I thought he was going to come undone before we reached you and found out you weren’t seriously hurt"
What did thatIn her book, that indicated that he cared
More than cared But how much more?
"I’ve never seen hi to tell her that Deke loved her Why? Everything seemed hopeless, since Deke himself would never tell her that
"Let’s pretend for a minute that he…"
"Loves you," Luc supplied, cutting into her hesitation
"Okay"
"It seems like time and patience is the only way out of this dile her lower lip with his thu one," he adree to it, you’d have to trust me completely"
"I do But wouldn’t it just be easier for you to tell me his secret, and I could pretend I didn’t know"
"You couldn’t pretend your way around this Besides, that wouldn’t help Deke deal with it, and he needs to"
Kiht If I took your gamble, I’d have to trust you What else?"
A small smile Another soft kiss "You’d have to be totally co to deal with the consequences if he doesn’t take the bait" The gravity of Luc’s words grabbed at Kimber’s stomach and pulled hard He was deadly serious
She let loose a shaky breath "Could it backfire?" His expression said that he didn’t want to ad to lie "Yes"
"But you think it will convince hi uarantees, but I think it’s our best chance" Luc wasn’t pushing, but Kirand plan "If I do this, what’s in it for you? Deke said once you were hoping I’d stick around for race to flash her a sheepish ss, and I think you’d be perfect in our lives But ultiree, I think you can at least helpmy cousin, he’s also my best friend"
And he didn’t have to say that he loved Deke as both a fa softened his dark gaze Kimber didn’t need to think twice "Then fill o for it"
CHAPTER 13
The summer afternoon baked inside Jack’s swa to his skin It was humid, hot Very hot And not just the weather
In deference to the heat--or just to drive him insane--Kimber drifted around the kitchen dressed in a little white robe, so thin it was dah
Auburn hair streaers to tease thee that she wore like comfortable clothes turned Deke on That saaze now Half of him respected the hell out of her for it; the other half wanted to show her exactly why she should lose the bravado and be very afraid
Unfortunately, Kiht ered every tiry, hard
And he was getting da out a shaky breath, he walked into the attached den to escape Kimber’s cooing to be a long few days or weeks until Jack and Logan could get to the botto freak And until then, for her protection, Deke knew that he, Ki this place
Her sudden, sweet laugh carried across the rooain, latched onto his cock Resisting the urge to watch her was impossible
With a curse, Deke turned back She talked to Luc, who, shirtless and s Deke assu up his every word, flirting, her gaze licking at the bulge of his shoulders, the solid slabs of his pecs In return, Luc nuzzled her neck, whispered soainst his cousin