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When she’d found out what her grandfather had done, not once had she iined this scene as a consequence Other than Cannon’s onethe darkest time of her life, he’d kept a safe, and platonic, distance away She’d expected ic had told her that Cannon, now a superstar with many demands on his tireement to let her take care of business For the sake of her wounded heart, she had counted on his only involve as his

Instead he’d ?--and used his body to taunt her, to tes she already knew she couldn’t have

With one sharp nod, she said, "Give one quite as he’d planned

Well, parts had Like her

Like the taste of her

The softness of her skin and the way her hair so when he’d first kissed her She’d started an itch that had never gone away, and instead had grown to nearly consu her, of trying to distract her from harsh reality

No, he just wanted her Bad

But she shied away like a virgin Or worse, like a woman injured And for some damn reason, that made him act like a damned Neanderthal when he’d never been that heavy-handed o hi her in other, less familiar ways

Ways he didn’t yet want to name Hell, they’d only been reunited for a day Less, considering she’d spenthilanced at it

A Facebook alert Nosy and not giving a shit, he read the screen

Facebook 1with?

Hmm A comment on the picture he’d taken with her? He wanted to know, but didn’t want to invade her privacy enough to check the phone forhimself further, he went down the hall and into the bedroo out fresh clothes Shoving his feet into his favorite pair of worn jeans, Cannon cursed himself

He had a boner no woman could miss Especially not a woman so skittish and uncertain--a woaze

Carefully, he eased up the zipper while ordering his body to calinal success with that

He was sitting on the side of the bed, tying his sneakers, when her bedrooed in record time At the open bedroom doorway, she peeked in at him, saas dressed and let out a tense breath

If it were anyone other than Yvette, it’d be as had thrown her He couldn’t recall any other woet dressed Hell, if she watched the fights as she clai more than shorts