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He grinned at her. __ell, then I have a bit of a confession to make. Colin said some things to me and the sound of his voice irritated me so I had one of those clowns with the big red noses in the paediatric wing turn him into a balloon animal. A giraffe I__ afraid. Sad fate it was,_ Alessandro joked with no sign of remorse at all.

Look, you are my father and I love you. I will always love you. But that love is not an all or nothing proposition. Brianna is my wife. Will and Gianni are my sons. You are all my family, but if you push me, Father, if you force me to choose between you and them you will not like the choice I make. You are never to treat William the way you did today, ever. Am I making myself clear?_ __s that a threat, Alessandro?_ Bernardo asked, his voice cold. Bree felt her body stiffen with nervous tension. Her heart was racing, both with nervousness and joy that Alessandro wasdrawing a line in the sand with his father and that he was sticking up for them over Bernardo. __emember, Father, you raised me. You raised me to be a Dardano. That__ who I am and I__ sure you know exactly what that means.

It was while he was fixing the footage Max had given him that the doubts about the disc Bernardo had played for him began toplague him with ever growing strength. Alessandro couldn__ contemplate his father doing something so cruel but_Bernardo would certainly know how. Hell, Bernardo had taught him how to fiddle with electronics when he was still a teenager. And he wanted Alessandro under his control, under his roof. Knowing that Alessandro was trying to keep his family together and that entailed moving into their own house, out from the Dardano mansion, would Bernardo try to turn him with false information?

Bree stared at the items and the simple silver chain around her finger. Why? The question stayed with her as she paced around the inn, waiting for Alessandro and the boys. Why wouldn__ she keep Adriano__ locket around her neck. Who was in plot 777 in London and why was it important? Whose address was this? Bree wondered, staring at the slip of paper. Her curiosity was most definitely peaked.

Bragging that you finished in two strokes. Just like a man._--Sloane Barrett, Killer Curves

I don__ want to talk about it,_ she said. Once again he was close. Too close. So damn close. __t all,_ she added, hearing with some alarm that her voice had softened. Everything had softened, at just his proximity. __ver,_ she whispered, and found her gaze locked on his mouth.He had a really great mouth.__ don__ want to talk, either,_ that mouth said very seriously. And then he lowered his head and kissed her.

She had no idea how long they kissed__nd kissed__ut she didn__ think about stopping until she ran out of air. Breathing hard, she slowly opened her eyes and stared directly into his.They__ heated. Darkened. And something else. He wasn__ looking so relaxed now. In fact, he was looking the opposite of relaxed. He looked_feral.And she was his prey.

I don__ want to talk about it,_ she said. Once again he was close. Too close. So damn close. __t all,_ she added, hearing with some alarm that her voice had softened. Everything had softened, at just his proximity. __ver,_ she whispered, and found her gaze locked on his mouth.He had a really great mouth.

Keep eating me up with those eyes, little Goddess, and I__l be so deep inside that hot little pussy you won__ remember what you came here for.

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Jase opened his door, stepped down, and leaned into her window. __ungry?__aking a big breath didn__ help when his sexy scent of cologne had hit her in the face. Hallelujah. __eah, I__ getting there._ __et__ go. The cowboy just came to take you away._ He reached in and turned off the ignition, clasped her keys and opened the door. When she stepped out, he didn__ bother to move back any and they were close. This man was hot and not only his temperature. Whatever kind of chemistry radiated off him, soaked right into her.

Ben was in his truck, window down, idling at the curb, dark lenses hiding his eyes from her, looking effortlessly big and badass.The way she wished she felt.