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"You’re definitely not changing the path of your future You’ve allowed your sister to become a chain around your neck"

"I have not! And she certainly isn’t a chain"

He shrugged, all whatever you say

Frustrating h about her I want to talk about your attraction to me"

He went still "And yours to ain and again

"You didn’t have to say anything, honey Sucking onyour claws in my back told me all I needed to know"

The sudden heat in her cheeks could have war winter "Be that as it ured you for a long-tered me"

"Butbutwhy?" He’d kissed her with such passion, and now he couldn’t stand the thought of being with her even once?

He ued and virile "I seriously think I feel one of those he on"

The unexpected cohed He laughed, too, and she wished she could hear it Whether it was rusty or hearty The way his face lit, as if he were peering directly into the sun, gave him a boyish innocence she’d seen only once before on hih the laughter were his enemy He scowled and pulled at the collar of his shirt "Well," he said, and his throatLike you e papers" But he h she was annoyed with him, and realized he’d avoided her question, she wasn’t ready for this stolen moment to end Here and now, they weren’t boss and eered for hi Her hands itched to return to his hair No kiss had ever affected her so strongly, and he hadn’t even put his hands on her!

"Stay," she finally rasped "Just a little while more"

A wave of relief washed over his features

"What’s this?" he asked, plucking the list fro some of the finer details while she’d waited for the nurse When she tried to grab it, Jase leaned back,out of reach

"That is none of your business," she said "That’s what it is"

He sain--only to look up at her with a glower "These are things you’ve never done before, I’urney When his stare remained steady, she crossed her arms over her middle and said, "No, I haven’t done them"

He relaxed "Honey, if you flash someone in public, you’re likely to start a riot"

Was that a compliment or an insult? "I’ll leaht now"