she could find, knotting them tightly together until they formed a rope. Wit
. No matter the cost, she would make Carl and Lucy pay for everythin
urfaced in her mind l
Spen
hind the Spencer family, Ian held the
n might be the only p
lf to ignore the stabbing pain in her ankle and p
.
h reporters and flashing cameras. Using her college-issued press
the muted lights, his posture rigid, his silh
ly assumed it
Leanna steadied her racing
, his eyes narrowing with quiet intensity as t
oat for a split second as her mi
ler Mansion. Instead, she chose to gamble-trusting that he probably didn't recognize Ca
f someone who had already run out of options. "I heard your family's been pressuring you to settle down," s
is voice remained completely composed. "And what exac
ced herself to hold his gaze. "
from him as he rose from his chair. "And
lk away, Leanna re
urned back in mild surprise, she rose onto her toes, looped
and completely unpolished, like
ped back over her features as she forced a calm smi
s. His gaze darkened slightly, and his Adam's apple shifted as he swallowed. "You want to be my girlfriend?"
.
room, the air fel
na's fingertips while Wesley ca
urmured, his voic
amusement flickering quietly in his piercing eyes-so shy, yet
er closer, pulling Leanna straight into his
en them thickened with a c
able change in his body beneath her, and heat
teasing. "Didn't you say you were bold enough? You said y
's eyes as she tightened her jaw,
work the buttons loose, yet her unsteady hands fumbled helplessl
atched in silence, his ga
though her movements were hesitant and clumsy, the fain
ke ages, she finally succeeded in
mb brushing slowly over her lips before he bent
yness, but before long she opened up to him and
s had Leanna imagined his di
the rising waves of sensation, quiet, r
ied to keep quiet, yet the tension between them felt li
s until the pressure finally broke through her restrai
t rising and falling as his eyes studied every
asked, his voice rough
ed to say, the words leaving
milio Wheele
ed, a thread of nervousnes
he couldn't help worrying that he might prove just as calculating and cold as
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