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“You’re laying it on a little thick there”

His smile didn’t falter, but some actual fun seeped into it “Too much?”

“Oh yeah” She nodded,his mock serious tone

“Then I suppose I’ll have to find another way to steal you away fro I’m a helluva lot more adventurous How about breakfast in Paris, lunch in Milan, and dinner Barcelona?”

A large hand clapped down on her dance partner’s shoulder—not hard enough to cause a scene but definitely serious enough tohalt Sawyer stood behind Tyler, all predatory deter that released all the stupid kaht

“Leave her dining choices to me, Jacobson,” Sawyer said to her dance partner, but the s look in his eyes was all for her

And for once, her mouth stayed blessedly shut

The otherdrained out in an instant “I’ the lady while you’re busy”

“I’ll take over from here,” Sawyer said

“Of course” Tyler released her and executed a deep,bow “Until next time… you know, I didn’t ask your name…”

Brain catching up to the fact that she’d ended up in the hly doubted had anything to do with her, she ignored Sawyer’s scowling, caveman presence and reached out to shake the other man’s hand “Clover Lee”

Instead of shaking her hand, he brought it up to his ettable naettable woman”

It eet, but there wasn’t any heat behind it—from either of the shot directed toward Sawyer Whatever the story was behind this little bit of dick wagging, it had the feel of a long-running feud, and Clover promised herself to play it smart and stay the hell out of it

She took a step toward the spot where she and Sawyer had been standing before, but his hand slid across her hip and he turned her into his arms in one fluid, confident move It only took a few beats of the music for that socially-acceptable space between their bodies that had been so easy to maintain with Tyler to disappear between her and Sawyer as if it had never existed His long fingers splayed across the sainst the strip of bare skin above the skirt’s waistband and set off sparks that tightened her nipples and weakened her knees Suddenly, her Cinderella-at-the-ball fantasy dance didn’t feel so kid-appropriate anymore

“What were you doing with Tyler?” Sawyer asked, his palainst the small of her back at the other man’s name