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Her gaze swept the general areawhere in the heck were they? Eventually, she discovered one on the floor near the hallway and picked it up, but the second one was nowhere to be found, and as much as she loved the crystal-encrusted shoes, she knew she’d never have a reason to wear theardless, she had no ti to leave before he had the opportunity to stop her

She rushed to the elevator before Hunter caer in his bed, and ca for her Once inside the plush cubicle, she pressed the button for the ground floor just as she caught sight of herself in the ed at her disheveled reflection

She looked like a hot eneral state of her life these days

Chapter 7

Thehis shower and saw his empty bed, he tried not to juone But considering how quiet his place was, he had a sinking feeling that the woht had taken the opportunity to ghost hi out her last na a phone nuain

Yeah, he’d been prepared to break all his rules with her, and while he’d told himself in the shower that there was no reason they couldn’t keep things noncommittal and enjoy their insane attraction and che as it lasted, he instinctively knew that what the two of the but casual Elle wasn’t the type of woive her body, her trust, and her submission over to a man unless there was a deeper connection And there was no denying he’d felt it, too

Sootten under his skin and made him want more of her Except Hunter was pretty sure that she’d already left the building With a knot of apprehension settling in his stomach, he tucked his towel around his waist and ventured into the front roo

And fuck, he wanted to be wrong in the worst way

But as soon as he saw that her dress and purse were no longer where they’d been the night before and the living room and his kitchen were e, which was quickly followed by frustration He jah his damp hair and turned to head back to his bedroo Elle at theon his floor had hi back around

His normally passive heart raced expectantly as he walked in that direction “Elle?” he called out, hoping against all hope that she’d changed her mind and had come back

He reached the entry just as his sister stepped into his apart a pair of faded jeans and a casual white blouse, one side of her ht, teasing tone as she took in his attire with a raised brohich was just the towel secured around his waist “Were you expecting company?”

“No,” he said, his tonewith Tempest and not the woht” Realizing how much he’d been about to reveal about someone he’d just met, he cut himself off and shook his head “Never mind”

“You thought that I was her returning?” Te more information from him as she strolled the rest of the way into his apartment

“It doesn’this sister without words that the conversation was over “Why are you here at my place so early anyway?”

“I thought we could head up to Maddux’s apartht with Theodore,” she suggested “That way he only has to tell the story once, instead of two separate tiuess I should have called or texted you first, but I obviously had no idea you were otherwise busy”