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His hands settled on her thighs “What do you ht you took Madeleine up in your plane, after dropping er sister”

“Well, you couldn’t have wanted it very dae two days later—a full month before you had to be back for classes And you didn’t coo”

Old anger and hurt welled up inside “What did you expect me to do? Stick around and watch you have an affair with the biirlfriend for several weeks?” She shoved against his chest “Letthis out”

“What’s the point? It happened years ago It’s over and done with”

“If it were over for you, you wouldn’t have brought it up”

He was right, darn it “Okay Tell ain why you took Madeleine up in your plane if you didn’t want her, and while you’re at it try explaining why you had a rule against kissing me and why you asked Carlene out”

He wanted a conversation? He could do the talking as far as she was concerned

He opened hisover his face “I did it all for the saht”

His grip on her thighs tightened, re on Grant’s mind “You weren’t ready to make love when you were nineteen You even ad, I’d end up seducing you”

“And seducing er Totally innocent And if that weren’t enough you had two years left of college and a career choice that could have taken you anywhere in the country after you graduated”

Well, she enty-three now, but she was still pretty innocent She wasn’t in college any longer, but her career could still take her away…if she wanted it to She didn’t want to leave Sunshine Springs, but apparently Grant didn’t know that “I cas and you still had that stupid rule against kissing me”

He s you froht once e your feelings one way or another for the better part of ood job of forgetting howabout you turnedto seduce you”