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Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25
Chapter 26Chapter 27Chapter 28Chapter 29Chapter 30Chapter 31Chapter 32Chapter 33Chapter 34Chapter 35Chapter 36EpilogueBirthday GirlAcknowledgementsAbout the Author
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Page 7 and 8: “Blue Blood” by LAUREL“break
Page 9 and 10: TiernanIt’s strange. The tire swi
Page 11 and 12: He wore his favorite Givenchy suit
Page 13 and 14: Carrying the bowl to my desk, I pau
Page 15 and 16: In his care?Apparently. Sounds like
Page 17 and 18: everyone expects a famous star’s
Page 19 and 20: I wanted about my problems with Han
Page 21 and 22: “Okay, let’s hit the road.”He
Page 23 and 24: it.I look up, seeing the large hang
Page 25 and 26: lights and jerks the wheel to the l
Page 27 and 28: Seven ninety-five. Almost as expens
Page 29 and 30: make out any details in the dark, i
Page 31 and 32: I watch him walk past the large sto
Page 33 and 34: He drops my luggage at a door in th
Page 35 and 36: TiernanI yawn, the warm smell of fr
Page 37 and 38: “So…are you going to stay?” s
Page 39 and 40: All the times she—not my mother o
Page 41 and 42: hanging over the center island, emp
Page 43 and 44: The tip of her tongue darts out and
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Page 47 and 48: He blows a couple times, like somet
Page 49 and 50: Did he shoot that deer with this?I
Page 51 and 52: TiernanI sling the saddle over the
Page 53 and 54: He looks amused, and I halt, standi
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But I tap the app on my screen anyw
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Pressing my thumb to the Twitter ic
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Noah’s words from this morning co
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But as I glare up at him, the splin
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But the sentence comes out sounding
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definitely didn’t trust them to d
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“Look,” Jake says, turned towar
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JakeShe shouldn’t be here. This i
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place behind a woman’s ear that s
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And then?I grip my mug, leaning aga
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An hour later, I’m pulling up to
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I glance into the stable at Tiernan
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I can see him looking at me out of
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Unfortunately, I can’t stop mysel
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He holds the spare helmet out to me
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couple of steeples peek out from th
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just come back. With the truck and
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I let Noah carry the stuff outside
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behavior that’s acceptable when f
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and blood as I stumble back into th
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Then he dips to the side, running h
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He glares down at me, not letting g
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TiernanThe next morning, giggles pi
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Seriously.He meets my gaze, an amus
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stand side by side, peering into th
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I don’t give a damn what he likes
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I hit the gas and pull the truck up
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I stop breathing again. My body ten
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Away from them. Away from him.“Ka
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But suddenly, I hear a rock fall be
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He must’ve overheard me say I wan
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I plant my hands on his chest. No.H
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TiernanWe haul ass back to the hous
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I can’t talk right or say the rig
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“Is anything your problem?” he
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“Well, no,” my mother teased, s
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offended they said I wasn’t sweet
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I’m not apologizing. But I don’
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He moves down the line, and I follo
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“You never tried to find her?”
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But…I can’t put all the blame o
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“Coming,” I say, holding Kaleb
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Jesus, fuck. If Tiernan wasn’t aw
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My snort almost escapes, but I keep
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“Ugh.”I hold her, taking anothe
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“Did it work?” I ask, tugging h
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She glances at me, a smile peeking
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A laugh bursts out of me, and I tug
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Maybe not today but maybe tomorrow.
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“I wonder what she feels like whe
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He snorts under his breath. The cur
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me. The line—silver in the sunlig
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the rock ledge, heading for it, bec
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a blue bikini, her long, dark hair
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ignoring the people calling to him
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quickly reappear, flying through th
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So that’s it.It isn’t hard to s
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I don’t know why, but I stand my
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He pushes through the crowd, and my
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And I’m not the first to look awa
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The cold. The sterile silence and t
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room.He doesn’t look like he’s
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“Tiernan…” he says in a stran
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Fuck…My heart damn near jumps out
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I chew on my lip. He hears me at ni
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“You’re going to look in the mi
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TiernanI rest my head against Jake
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They’re living it up now, because
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She tells him his total, and I sit
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He yanks me down, and I scream in t
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My pulse still races. “I’m good
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TiernanIt’s not raining.I thought
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I sit back in my seat and look out
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stories of their youth and early ca
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NoahThe chainsaw whirs outside, and
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“The funeral was only yesterday,
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“Never too cold to grill,” my d
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At least I can still do her two sho
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I’m happy my future wife won’t
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Yeah. I love it. I don’t have man
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I fix my hat again, his fingers sti
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knows what’s inside. Which means
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gear. I looked sweaty and dirty but
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A few interested pairs of eyes floa
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unsure of what to do.I look around
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Holcomb shakes his head, smirking.
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Jake digs through the fray, finding
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plummets into a ditch, and he punch
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What’s his room like anyway? I’
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“Awwwww,” I croon, faking teary
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“I saw you dancing with Cici at t
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“Last chance,” he says softly,
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I suck in a quick breath, stopping
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I fist my hands, my stomach knottin
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He’s quiet for a moment, and then
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JakeThis fucking girl.Her defiance
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with tears.Jesus Christ.“You wann
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“Not unless you want to eat.”Sh
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She pants, staring at my mouth, and
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“You would never take my inherita
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I cup her between her legs, rubbing
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I move, thrusting my cock inside of
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JakeIt’s nineteen degrees, and I
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Kaleb sits in the chair by the fire
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I take a swig of my beer, heading t
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TiernanI wake with a start, my fing
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front of him, hanging onto me in a
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And then he lowers his voice, barel
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Kaleb. I glance at Jake’s door, g
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I glance at Jake as he doles out oa
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I shove my chair back, my bare thig
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But I just shrug my shoulders and s
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We all acclimate. We learn, we reso
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Tiernan“What do you want to do wi
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I might not have been joking about
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“Did you like watching me on the
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No.He stops, his angry eyes zoning
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TiernanI tear off the sheet and cru
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But it looks too…I don’t know
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I was kind of counting on Kaleb to
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to tear through the pile, I don’t
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Tingles spread up my spine. It smel
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I glance at Kaleb who looks between
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NoahIf she would just let me in…I
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almost making my eyes water.I whisp
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“Tiernan, go!” I bellow. “Get
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TiernanI suck in air between my tee
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He shoots his eyes up to me, his da
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His brows pinch, and he breathes ha
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I drop my eyes. Partly because I li
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“I was so wet for you on the couc
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Giving me the cloth, he uses his ha
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We reach the top, that door closing
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“Jesus Christ,” he groans, his
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I move up and down him, rolling my
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My breasts bob as he rides my ass,
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Something starts beeping from outsi
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stretching from under his ear and g
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But he is jealous. His hard express
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“And the coffee’s already made,
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patching up what they could with th
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and thunder cracks overhead. A shiv
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I scurry backward, facing him but u
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mouth, shutting me up as he yanks m
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I arch my back into it, moaning beh
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Tiernan“Tiernan?” I hear Noah c
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Why am I aggravated? I don’t care
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I shrug, searching for my words, bu
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my skin.His touch is gentle, and we
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and I feel guilty, like I should be
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Leaning in, he brushes her nose wit
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“Do you like me?” she asks in a
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TiernanHe rises up, grabs me, and f
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I don’t understand what’s happe
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But I don’t want to hurt him. All
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fucking knows there’s nothing he
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“I’m sorry he did that to your
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anymore. I turn around, the snow on
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TiernanTwisting the handle, I rev t
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from standing up. I kick him, screa
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There’s nothing I need that’s m
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I flip on his old iPod dock, an Amb
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Fuck, he writes.FUCK.And more scrib
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throat and my vision blurs again. S
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I don’t know how much time I spen
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“Great.” I shake my head.Taking
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I’m also worried I’ll want to k
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have it. Why doesn’t he have it?I
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After washing the dishes we used an
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We fall on the bed, his hair longer
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The truth is…it doesn’t matter.
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Jerking the wheel right, I plant my
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The scent of the cinnamon rolls I p
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TiernanTwo Months LaterI look down
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“I’m not,” I tell him. “I w
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Oh, that’s right. We can’t esca
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instead, and I revel in his smooth
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I give Kaleb four more seconds, wai
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eyes.“Kaleb, stop,” his father
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“Keep Kaleb away from me,” I te
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I hear someone giggle and look up t
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“Now!” Jake fires at him again.
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But at the time, in my head, you we
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TiernanI twist around, my heart thu
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I nod. Yeah. Like his clubhouse, ma
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“What about her?”“I’m gonna
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They scramble to their feet, the ot
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Holcomb groans on the floor, and Ja
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Mirai?Tears stream down my face, an
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Mirai rounds the car, hopping into
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don’t want to.Six months ago, I m
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Jesus.My parents always kept recent
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I walk into the closet and turn on
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His tone softens, and he looks thou
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TiernanNoah heads back to the exten
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There’s a pause and then, “Ow!
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The bough creaks under my weight, a
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I would love to settle back in Chap
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But my cock throbs, warms, and I ho
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I’ll continue customizations, she
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He chuckles, and I cast a glance at
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Thank you for reading Credence, and
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JordanHe’s not answering. This is
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“’Night.”“Jordan, wait,”
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middle—young by the sound of thei
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We both look to the guy one row bac
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hand, thankfully not seeing a weddi
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eyes suddenly flash to the side as
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while, I notice my head lays inclin
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I don’t have time to dwell, thoug
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First and always, to the readers—
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Penelope Douglas is a New York Time
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