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The screen door sla apart Hadley looked at hiertips against her lips as if he’d actually kissed her Adrenaline and lust were raging through his body as if he had
“Are you guys co a step out of the back door “We drew Louise’s team for Scrabble It’s her, Raider, and that Matt fella”
The mention of Hadley’s ex, as obviously ready to make a play, pierced the haze of attraction and anticipation that had hi out for her Matt was staying, huh? Suddenly, winning ga was ever an option He stood up and stepped over the bench seat, ready to send Matt packing
“You explained the house rules to him?” Pa asked
Hadley shook her head, her gaze a little fuzzy as she looked up at hiot up Will reached out and helped her steady herself as she stepped over the bench seat and started toward the door
Pa lifted a bushy gray eyebrow “What have you two not daters been up to out here?”
Hadley cleared her throat and looked down at the patterned stoneon the riddle”
“Uh-huh” Pa looked the his head “So here’s hoorks We’re on a teaet five At the beginning of your turn, one of the ive you a tile fro what letters you have Then you have tothe tile your teaave you Got it?”
Will nodded
“Good,” Pa said with a nod “Now, hustle up I have to get Louise a sun tea, and then we’re starting”
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>“Is there a reason it’s so co at the handcuff around his wrist
“Because ere younger, everyone wanted to play There were only so many pieces and Knox was too little to play by himself and be competitive, so we came up with the Donavan-Martinez house rules,” Hadley said “It all sort of grew from there”
He wasn’t sure how to process that It wasn’t like he had any experience in his own fa too young to participate meant that they didn’t Period No exceptions Yet here was Hadley’s fa to rewrite the rules so everyone could be a part of it He didn’t even have to guess at what kind of reaction that would have gotten frorandmother She would have taken one look at him or Web and would have told them that the world didn’t le rooe or just kindness—a person was either able to coht that’s how everyone’s family was
“That sounds—”