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though it felt brittle, stretched too

softly. "You look

entle but his eyes said something entirel

this is Madam Tira. She owns O.P. Electronics. Most of which

d I could see the grief f

olding her steady and comforting

me I looked up, I

ng something or anything to do with my hands. I had to

fter your wedding," Jennifer finished so

Eli's stare and the ghost

quieter. Fairy lights draped along the stone walls shimmered like scat

the moment no o

imbing arch of white roses, I held the neck

definitely wouldn't either but at least it

ly worked until t

ened around the glass neck of

ht catching on his jaw, his tie loosened

hing invisible wrinkle

oice carried that low, steady timbre

"You shouldn't be

er. "Don't ru

ds sank

the distance before I could finish,

rom my grip as his warmth presse

usly toward the ballroom. "We're a

head dipped closer, and his breath brushed against

ntic thing, thrash

, like a deep mumble that vibrated my v

ugh my body betrayed

ing to talk a

and the other brushing down the side of my arm

gaze caught mine and the rest of the world fell away ag

weak, even to me. Eli's eyes searched mine

said. "I promise to

that low velvet rasp, could undo me again. But instead, I sto

how much I still wanted him, hated that my body didn't seem to

he sound barely a breath. "Pl

nreadable way that made my pulse trip. "Harder?" he e

tness in my throat. His hand brushed m

's to

"Eli, people will

sound like mine any

vanished. His breath was warm against my tem

d to speak, but all that c

ers threading into my hair. The only sounds were my unstead

pened my mouth to speak, but I heard fo

and pulled me flush against his chest. His scent was d

oman gasped softly. "Di

entirely until the woman turned and hurried back toward the

rust my voice, not after what almost happened, not a

one

away. My steps were quick as I

eded

and was on the door when I heard a

fer's

fr

was saying. "Rowanne had the motive... I mean, wh

oat we

ng for her," Jennifer continued. "Not the house, not the

se fo

woman stays that calm after her husband's death? She barely shed a tear at his